The Heart versus the Brain
In Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, which is a listing of
primary words contained in the King James version of the Bible, the brain is
not mentioned once, whereas the heart is cited 826 times. Thought and
emotions, however, can be said to occur in one's head or mind, and, therefore,
the citations of "head" (360 times) and "mind" (96 times) must be examined.
An analysis shows that although the head contains the brain, in the Bible the
word "head" is used only in two senses: (1) as a reference to that part of the
body that can be, for example, bowed, injured, or crowned, or (2) to represent
leadership when someone is described as being the "head" of a household,
church, or a government. But the "head" is not represented as the site where
all thinking and emotional feelings originate.
This analysis also applies to the word "mind," although in a few places
"mind" is simultaneously used in the same sentence with the word "heart."
In these places, however, it still is not clear from the context that the mind is
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