King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4641
Transliteration: sklērokardia
Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-rok-ar-dee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: hardness of heart
Meaning: hardness of heart
σκληροκαρδία, σκληροκαρδιας, ἡ (σκληρός and καρδία), a Biblical word, the characteristic of one who is σκληρός τήν καρδίαν (Proverbs 28:14), or σκληροκάρδιος (Proverbs 17:20; Ezekiel 3:7); hardness of heart: Matthew 19:8; Mark 10:5; Mark 16:14; for לֵבָב עָרְלַת, Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Sir. 16:10; καρδία σκληρά, Sir. 3:26, 27. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 26, 99 (94).)
Word Summary
sklērokardia: hardness of heart
Original Word: σκληροκαρδίαTransliteration: sklērokardia
Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-rok-ar-dee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: hardness of heart
Meaning: hardness of heart
Strong's Concordance
hardness of heart. Feminine of a compound of skleros and kardia; hard-heartedness, i.e. (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception -- hardness of heart.
see GREEK skleros
see GREEK kardia
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4641: σκληροκαρδίασκληροκαρδία, σκληροκαρδιας, ἡ (σκληρός and καρδία), a Biblical word, the characteristic of one who is σκληρός τήν καρδίαν (Proverbs 28:14), or σκληροκάρδιος (Proverbs 17:20; Ezekiel 3:7); hardness of heart: Matthew 19:8; Mark 10:5; Mark 16:14; for לֵבָב עָרְלַת, Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Sir. 16:10; καρδία σκληρά, Sir. 3:26, 27. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 26, 99 (94).)