Strong's Lexicon
G4645 — σκληρύνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4645 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σκληρύνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4642 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | skleruno |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sklay-roo'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to indurate 2. (figuratively) render stubborn |
| KJV Renderings: | harden |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκληρύνω (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 äÄ÷ÀùÈÑä and äÄæÅÌ÷, to make hard, to harden; properly, in Hippocrates and Galen; metaphorically, to render obstinate, stubborn (A. V. to harden): τινα, Rom 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, Heb 3:8; Heb 3:15 and Heb 4:7 (from Psa 94:8 (); cf. Exo 7:3; Exo 7:22; Exo 8:19; Exo 9:12); passive (the Sept. for ÷ÈùÈÑä and çÈæÇ÷) to be hardened, i. e. become obstinate or stubborn: Act 19:9; Heb 3:13.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σκληρύνω (harden)
Acts 19:9
- KJV: But when divers were hardened and believed not but spake evil of that way before the multitude he departed from them and separated the disciples disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus
- GK: ως δε τινες εσκληρύνοντο και ηπείθουν κακολογούντες την οδόν ενώπιον του πλήθους αποστάς απ΄ αυτών αφώρισε τους μαθητάς καθ΄ ημέραν διαλεγόμενος εν τη σχολή Τυράννου τινός
Romans 9:18
- KJV: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will and whom he will he hardeneth
- GK: άρα ούν ον θέλει ελεεί ον δε θέλει σκληρύνει
Hebrews 3:8
- KJV: Harden not your hearts as in the provocation in the day of temptation in the wilderness
- GK: μη σκληρύνητε τας καρδίας υμών ως εν τω παραπικρασμώ κατά την ημέραν του πειρασμόυ εν τη ερήμω
Hebrews 3:13
- KJV: But exhort one another daily while it is called To day lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin
- GK: αλλά παρακαλείτε εαυτούς καθ΄ εκάστην ημέραν άχρις ου το σήμερον καλείται ίνα μη σκληρυνθή τις εξ υμών τις απάτη της αμαρτίας
Hebrews 3:15
- KJV: While it is said To day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts as in the provocation
- GK: εν τω λέγεσθαι σήμερον εάν της φωνής αυτού ακούσητε μη σκληρύνητε τας καρδίας υμών ως εν τω παραπικρασμώ
Hebrews 4:7
- KJV: Again he limiteth a certain day saying in David To day after so long a time as it is said To day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts
- GK: πάλιν τινά ορίζει ημέραν σήμερον εν Δαβίδ λέγων μετά τοσούτον χρόνον καθώς είρηται σήμερον εάν της φωνής αυτού ακούσητε μη σκληρύνητε τας καρδίας υμών