Lexicon sklérokardia: hardness of heart Original Word: σκληροκαρδία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sklérokardia Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-rok-ar-dee'-ah) Short Definition: hardness of heart Definition: hardness of heart, perverseness, obstinacy. HELPS word-Studies 4641 sklērokardía (from 4642 /sklērós, "hard because dry" and 2588 /kardía, "heart") – properly, hardness of heart because of a lack of moisture (lubricant); an obstinate, hard heart which lacks the oil of the Holy Spirit and hence implies rebellion – i.e someone refusing to be receptive (obedient) to God's inworking of faith. See 4642 (sklēros). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom skléros and kardiaDefinitionhardness of heart NASB Translationhardness of heart (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4641: σκληροκαρδίασκληροκαρδία, σκληροκαρδιας, ἡ ( σκληρός and καρδία), a Biblical word, the characteristic of one who is σκληρός τήν καρδίαν ( Proverbs 28:14), or σκληροκάρδιος ( Proverbs 17:20; Ezekiel 3:7); hardness of heart: Matthew 19:8; Mark 10:5; Mark 16:14; for לֵבָב עָרְלַת, Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Sir. 16:10; καρδία σκληρά, Sir. 3:26, 27. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 26, 99 (94).)
Strong's hardness of heart. Feminine of a compound of skleros and kardia; hard-heartedness, i.e. (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception -- hardness of heart. see GREEK skleros see GREEK kardia |
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