To harden
σκληρύνωStrong’s G4645sklērunō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sklērunō is the Greek word usually translated “shall harden”, “were hardened” and “hardens”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shall harden”, “were hardened” and “hardens”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- shall harden 3
- were hardened 1
- he hardens 1
- may be hardened 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 4
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 9:18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
- Hebrews 3:8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- Hebrews 3:13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
- Hebrews 3:15While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
- Hebrews 4:7Again, 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.
Greek dictionary
σκληρύνω sklērunō · to harden
σκληρύνω (σκληρός), [in LXX chiefly for קָשָׁה hi., also for חָזַק ;] to harden. Metaphorical, to harden, make stubborn: with accusative of person(s), Rom.9:18; T. καρδίας (Psa.95:8), Heb.3:8, 15 4:7. Pass., to become hardened: Act.19:9, Heb.3:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “harden” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ARDEN, verb transitive
h'ardn. To make hard or more hard; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden iron or steel; to harden clay.
- To confirm in effrontery; to make impudent; as, to harden the face.
- To make obstinate, unyielding or refractory; as, to harden the neck. Jeremiah 19:15
- To confirm in wickedness, opposition or enmity; to make obdurate.“Why then do ye harden your hearts, as Pharaoh and the Egyptians hardened their hearts?” 1 Samuel 6:6
- To make insensible or unfeeling; as, to harden one against impressions of pity or tenderness.
All definitions and other forms of “harden”
- To make firm; to endure with constancy.“I would harden myself in sorrow” Job 6:10
- To inure; to render firm or less liable to injury, by exposure or use; as, to harden to a climate or to labor.
H'ARDEN, verb intransitive
h'ardn. To become hard or more hard; to acquire solidity or more compactness. Mortar hardens by drying.
- To become unfeeling.
- To become inured.
- To indurate, as flesh.
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.