Word Summary
sklērynō: to harden
Original Word: σκληρύνωTransliteration: sklērynō
Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-roo'-no)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to harden
Meaning: to harden
Strong's Concordance
harden.
From skleros; to indurate, i.e. (figuratively) render stubborn -- harden.
see GREEK skleros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4645: σκληρύνωσκληρύνω (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 92 (88)); 1 aorist subjunctive 2 person plural
σκληρύνητε; passive, imperfect
ἐσκληρυνομην; 1 aorist
ἐσκληρυνθην; (
σκληρός, which see); the
Sept. for
הִקְשָׁה and
הִזֵּק,
to make hard, to harden; properly, in
Hippocrates and
Galen; metaphorically,
to render obstinate, stubborn (
A. V. to harden):
τινα,
Romans 9:18 (in opposed to those who interpret it
to treat harshly, cf. Fritzsche, vol. ii., p. 323f; (cf., too, Meyer at the passage));
τήν καρδίαν τίνος,
Hebrews 3:8, 15 and
Hebrews 4:7 (from
Psalm 94:8 (); cf. Exodus 7:3, 22; Exodus 8:19; Exodus 9:12); passive (the Sept. for קָשָׁה and חָזַק) to be hardened, i. e. become obstinate or stubborn: Acts 19:9; Hebrews 3:13.