Lexicon sklérunó: to harden Original Word: σκληρύνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sklérunó Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-roo'-no) Short Definition: I harden Definition: I harden, make hard, make stubborn. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 4645 sklērýnō – properly, to harden; become inflexible (literally "dried out"); (figuratively) obstinately stubborn, resisting what God says is right. See 4642 (sklēros). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom sklérosDefinitionto harden NASB Translationbecoming hardened (1), harden (3), hardened (1), hardens (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4645: σκληρύνωσκληρύνω (cf. Winer's Grammar, 92 (88)); 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person plural σκληρύνητε; passive, imperfect ἐσκληρυνομην; 1 aorist ἐσκληρυνθην; ( σκληρός, which see); the Sept. for הִקְשָׁה and הִזֵּק, to make hard, to harden; properly, in Hippocrates and Galen; metaphorically, to render obstinate, stubborn ( A. V. to harden): τινα, Romans 9:18 (in opposed to those who interpret it to treat harshly, cf. Fritzsche, vol. ii., p. 323f; (cf., too, Meyer at the passage)); τήν καρδίαν τίνος, Hebrews 3:8, 15 and Hebrews 4:7 (from Psalm 94:8 (); cf. Exodus 7:3, 22; Exodus 8:19; Exodus 9:12); passive (the Sept. for קָשָׁה and חָזַק) to be hardened, i. e. become obstinate or stubborn: Acts 19:9; Hebrews 3:13.
Strong's harden. From skleros; to indurate, i.e. (figuratively) render stubborn -- harden. see GREEK skleros |
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