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Lexicon :: Strong's G4456 - pōroō

Aa
πωρόω
Transliteration
pōroō (Key)
Pronunciation
po-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from poros (a kind of stone)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1025,816

Strong’s Definitions

πωρόω pōróō, po-ro'-o; apparently from πῶρος pōros (a kind of stone); to petrify, i.e. (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous):—blind, harden.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4456 in the following manner: harden (3x), blind (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4456 in the following manner: harden (3x), blind (2x).

  1. to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus

  2. metaph.

    1. to make the heart dull

    2. to grow hard, callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πωρόω pōróō, po-ro'-o; apparently from πῶρος pōros (a kind of stone); to petrify, i.e. (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous):—blind, harden.
STRONGS G4456:
πωρόω, πώρω: 1 aorist ἐπωρωσα (John 12:40 T Tr WH); perfect πεπώρωκα; perfect passive participle πεπωρωμενος; 1 aorist passive ἐπωρωθην; (πῶρος, hard skin, a hardening, induration); to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus (R. V. everywhere simply to harden): metaphorically, καρδίαν, to make the heart dull, John 12:40; passive, to grow hard or callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding: Romans 11:7; τά νοήματα, 2 Corinthians 3:14; ἡ καρδία, Mark 6:52; Mark 8:17. Cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Mark, p. 78f; on Romans, ii., p. 451f. ((Hippocrates (), Aristotle, others.))
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
6:52; 8:17
John
12:40; 12:40
Romans
11:7
2 Corinthians
3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4456 matches the Greek πωρόω (pōroō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:52 - For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:17 - And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:40 - He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:7 - What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:14 - But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.
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