Hardness of heart
σκληροκαρδίαStrong’s G4641sklērokardia
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sklērokardia is the Greek word usually translated “hardness of heart”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hardness of heart”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hardness of heart 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 10:5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
- Mark 16:14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Greek dictionary
σκληροκαρδία sklērokardia · hardness of heart
σκληρο-καρδία, -ας, ἡ (σκληρός, καρδία), [in LXX: Deu.10:16, Jer.4:4 (לֵבָב עׇרְלָה), Sir.16:10 (cf. καρδία σκληρά, Sir.3:26-27) * ;] hardness of heart: Mat.19:8, Mrk.10:5 16:14.† (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.