Lexicon skléros: hard, rough Original Word: σκληρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: skléros Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-ros') Short Definition: hard, violent, harsh, stern Definition: hard, violent, harsh, stern. HELPS word-Studies 4642 sklērós – properly, hard (because dried out); (figuratively) stiff, stubborn (unyielding) describing people who "won't budge" (bend, submit), or what is unyieldingly harsh. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom skelló (to dry) Definitionhard, rough NASB Translationdifficult (1), hard (2), harsh things (1), strong (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4642: σκληρόςσκληρός, σκληρά, σκληρόν ( σκέλλω, σκληναι, (to dry up, be dry)), from ( Hesiod, Theognis), Pindar, Aeschylus down; the Sept. for קָשֶׁה, hard, harsh, rough, stiff ( τά σκληρά καί τά μαλακά, Xen) mem. 3, 10, 1); of men, metaphorically, harsh, stern, hard: Matthew 25:24 ( 1 Samuel 25:3; Isaiah 19:4; Isaiah 48:4; many examples from secular authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2; especially Trench, § xiv.)); of things: ἄνεμος, violent, rough, James 3:4; ὁ λόγος, offensive and intolerable, John 6:60, equivalent to ὅς σκανδαλίζει, 61; σκληρά λαλεῖν κατά τίνος, to speak hard and bitter things against one, Jude 1:15 ( σκληρά λαλεῖν τίνι is also used of one who speaks roughly, Genesis 42:7, 30; ἀποκρίνεσθαι σκληρά, to reply with threats, 1 Kings 12:13); σκληρόν ἐστι followed by an infinitive, it is dangerous, turns out badly ( A. V. it is hard), Acts 9:5 Rec.; .
Strong's fierce, hard. From the base of skelos; dry, i.e. Hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe) -- fierce, hard. see GREEK skelos |
