Strong's Greek · G4643

G4643 sklērótēs

σκληρότης

sklay-rot'-ace

hardness

Looking for Hebrew H4643 maʻăsêr? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4643. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

sklērótēs appears once in Scripture, in Romans 2:5. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

callousness, i.e. (figuratively) stubbornness

In the King James Version

hardness

Derivation

from G4642 (σκληρός);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Romans 2:5

“But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.”

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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).

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