Strong's Lexicon
G1425 — δυσνόητος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1425 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δυσνόητος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1418 and a derivative of G3539 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | dusnoetos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | doos-no'-ay-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. difficult of perception |
| KJV Renderings: | hard to be understood |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δυσνόητος, δυσνοητον (νοέω, hard to be understood: 2Pe 3:16. (χρησμός, Lucian, Alex. 54; (Diogenes Laërtius 9, 13 δυσνοητον τέ καί δυσεξηγητον; (Aristotle, plant. 1, 1, p. 816{a}, 3).)
STRONGS NT 1425a: δυσφημέωδυσφημέω, δυσφήμω: (present passive δυσφημοῦμαι); (δύσφημος); to use ill words, defame; passive robe defamed, 1Co 4:13 T WH Tr marginal reading (1Ma 7:41; in Greek writings from Aeschylus Agam. 1078 down.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δυσνόητος (hard to be understood)
2 Peter 3:16
- KJV: As also in all epistles speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to be understood which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest as also the other scriptures unto their own destruction
- GK: ως και εν πάσαις ταις επιστολαίς λαλών εν αυταίς περί τούτων εν οις έστι δυσνόητά τινα α οι αμαθείς και αστήρικτοι στρεβλούσιν ως και τας λοιπάς γραφάς προς την ιδίαν αυτών απώλειαν
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