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Lexicon :: Strong's G4642 - sklēros

Aa
σκληρός
Transliteration
sklēros (Key)
Pronunciation
sklay-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of σκέλος (G4628)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1028,816

Trench's Synonyms: xiv. σκληρός, αὐστηρός.

Strong’s Definitions

σκληρός sklērós, sklay-ros'; from the base of G4628; dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe):—fierce, hard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4642 in the following manner: hard (5x), fierce (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4642 in the following manner: hard (5x), fierce (1x).

  1. hard, harsh, rough, stiff

    1. of men: metaph. harsh, stern, hard

    2. of things: violent, rough, offensive, intolerable

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκληρός sklērós, sklay-ros'; from the base of G4628; dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe):—fierce, hard.
STRONGS G4642:
σκληρός, σκληρά, σκληρόν (σκέλλω, σκληναι, (to dry up, be dry)), from (Hesiod, Theognis), Pindar, Aeschylus down; the Sept. for קָשֶׁה, hard, harsh, rough, stiff (τά σκληρά καί τά μαλακά, Xen) mem. 3, 10, 1); of men, metaphorically, harsh, stern, hard: Matthew 25:24 (1 Samuel 25:3; Isaiah 19:4; Isaiah 48:4; many examples from secular authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2; especially Trench, § xiv.)); of things: ἄνεμος, violent, rough, James 3:4; ὁ λόγος, offensive and intolerable, John 6:60, equivalent to ὅς σκανδαλίζει, 61; σκληρά λαλεῖν κατά τίνος, to speak hard and bitter things against one, Jude 1:15 (σκληρά λαλεῖν τίνι is also used of one who speaks roughly, Genesis 42:7, 30; ἀποκρίνεσθαι σκληρά, to reply with threats, 1 Kings 12:13); σκληρόν ἐστι followed by an infinitive, it is dangerous, turns out badly (A. V. it is hard), Acts 9:5 Rec.; Acts 26:14.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
42:7; 42:30
1 Samuel
25:3
1 Kings
12:13
Isaiah
19:4; 48:4
Matthew
25:24
John
6:60
Acts
9:5; 26:14
James
3:4
Jude
1:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4642 matches the Greek σκληρός (sklēros),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24 - “And the one also G2532 who had received G2983 the one G1520 talent G5007 came G4334 up and said, G3004 ‘Master, G2962 I knew G1097 you to be a hard G4642 man, G444 reaping G2325 where G3699 you did not sow G4687 and gathering G4863 where G3606 you scattered G1287 no G3756 seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:60 - Therefore G3767 many G4183 of His disciples, G3101 when they heard G191 this said, G3004 “This G3778 is a difficult G4642 statement; G3056 who G5101 can G1410 listen G191 to it?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - “And when we had all G3956 fallen G2667 to the ground, G1093 I heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 to me in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect, G1258 ‘Saul, G4549 Saul, G4549 why G5101 are you persecuting G1377 Me? [fn]It is hard G4642 for you to kick G2979 against G4314 the goads.’ G2759

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4 - Look G2400 at the ships G4143 also, G2532 though they are so G5082 great G5082 and are driven G1643 by strong G4642 winds, G417 are still directed G3329 by a very G1646 small G1646 rudder G4079 wherever G3699 the inclination G3730 of the pilot G2116 desires. G1014

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:15 - to execute G4160 judgment G2920 upon all, G3956 and to convict G1651 all G3956 the ungodly G765 of all G3956 their ungodly G763 deeds G2041 which G3739 they have done G764 in an ungodly G764 way, G764 and of all G3956 the harsh G4642 things G4642 which G3739 ungodly G763 sinners G268 have spoken G2980 against G2596 Him.”
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