Hard to understand
δυσνόητοςStrong’s G1425dusnoētos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Dusnoētos is the Greek word usually translated “difficult to be understood”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“As also in all his 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 they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.”
Meaning
Usually translated “difficult to be understood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- difficult to be understood 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Peter 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
δυσνόητος dusnoētos · hard to understand
δυσνόητος, -ον (νοέω), hard to understand: 2Pe.3:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.