Strong's Greek · G4642
G4642 sklērós
σκληρός
sklay-ros'
hard
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sklērós appears 5 times in Scripture, in Matthew, John, Acts, James and Jude. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe)
In the King James Version
fierce, hard
Derivation
from the base of G4628 (σκέλος);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?””
“Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.”
“to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.””
“We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’”
“Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
