Difficultly
δυσκόλωςStrong’s G1423duskolōs
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Duskolōs is the Greek word usually translated “difficulty”, “difficultly” and “difficult”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
Meaning
Usually translated “difficulty”, “difficultly” and “difficult”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- with difficulty 1
- difficultly 1
- difficult 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
δυσκόλως duskolōs · difficultly
δυσκόλως adv., with difficulty: Mat.19:23, Mrk.10:23, Luk.18:24.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “difficult” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIFFICULT, adjective
[Latin, easy to be made or done; to make or do.]
- Hard to be made, done or performed; not easy; attended with labor and pains; as, our task is difficult It is difficult to persuade men to abandon vice.
- Hard to be pleased; not easily wrought upon; not readily yielding; not compliant; unaccommodating; rigid; austere; not easily managed or persuaded; as a difficult man; a person of a difficult temper.
- Hard to be ascended as a hill, traveled as a road, or crossed as a river, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.