Kardiognostes identifies God as the one who knows hearts, invoked in prayer and described as bearing witness.

The term identifies God as knowing hearts: it is used in direct address during prayer in Acts 1:24 and as a nominative description of God who bears witness in Acts 15:8.

1. God identified as knowing hearts · dominant

   In Acts 1:24, the vocative singular masculine form directly addresses the Lord in a prayer asking for the appointment of one of two men; the APB renders the address, "You, Lord, knower of the hearts of all." In Acts 15:8, the nominative singular masculine form describes God as the one who knows the heart and bears witness by giving the Holy Spirit; the APB renders, "And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them."

   Acts 1:24Acts 15:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "knower of the hearts of all" in Acts 1:24 and as "God, who knows the heart" in Acts 15:8. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.