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Lexicon :: Strong's G4456 - pōroō

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πωρόω
Transliteration
pōroō (Key)
Pronunciation
po-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from poros (a kind of stone)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1025,816

Strong’s Definitions

πωρόω pōróō, po-ro'-o; apparently from πῶρος pōros (a kind of stone); to petrify, i.e. (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous):—blind, harden.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G4456 in the following manner: harden (3x), blind (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G4456 in the following manner: harden (3x), blind (2x).

  1. to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus

  2. metaph.

    1. to make the heart dull

    2. to grow hard, callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πωρόω pōróō, po-ro'-o; apparently from πῶρος pōros (a kind of stone); to petrify, i.e. (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous):—blind, harden.
STRONGS G4456:
πωρόω, πώρω: 1 aorist ἐπωρωσα (John 12:40 T Tr WH); perfect πεπώρωκα; perfect passive participle πεπωρωμενος; 1 aorist passive ἐπωρωθην; (πῶρος, hard skin, a hardening, induration); to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus (R. V. everywhere simply to harden): metaphorically, καρδίαν, to make the heart dull, John 12:40; passive, to grow hard or callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding: Romans 11:7; τά νοήματα, 2 Corinthians 3:14; ἡ καρδία, Mark 6:52; Mark 8:17. Cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Mark, p. 78f; on Romans, ii., p. 451f. ((Hippocrates (), Aristotle, others.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
6:52; 8:17
John
12:40; 12:40
Romans
11:7
2 Corinthians
3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4456 matches the Greek πωρόω (pōroō),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:52 - for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:17 - Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:40 - “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn—and I would heal them.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:7 - What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 3:14 - But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
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