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Hardness

σκληρότηςStrong’s G4643

sklērotēs

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sklērotēs is the Greek word usually translated “hardness”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;”
Romans 2:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “hardness”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • hardness 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    σκληρότης sklērotēs · hardness

    σκληρότης, -ητος, ἡ (σκληρός), [in LXX: Deu.9:27 (קְשִׁי), etc. ;] hardness; metaphorically, of stubbornness: Rom.2:5.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “hardness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    H'ARDNESS, noun

    [See Hard.]

    Firmness; close union of the component parts; compactness; solidity; the quality of bodies which resists impression; opposed to softness and fluidity.

    1. Difficulty to be understood.
    2. Difficulty to be executed or accomplished; as the hardness of an enterprise.
    3. Scarcity; penury; difficulty of obtaining money; as the hardness of the times.
    4. Obduracy; impenitence; confirmed state of wickedness; as hardness of heart.
    All definitions
    1. Coarseness of features; harshness of look; as hardness of favor.
    2. Severity of cold; rigor; as the hardness of winter.
    3. Cruelty of temper; savageness; harshness.
    4. Stiffness; harshness; roughness; as the hardnesses of sculpture.
    5. Closeness; niggardliness; stinginess.
    6. Hardship; severe labor, trials or sufferings.“Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” 2 Timothy 2:3

    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.