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Lexicon :: Strong's G4457 - pōrōsis

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πώρωσις
Transliteration
pōrōsis (Key)
Pronunciation
po'-ro-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1025,816

Strong’s Definitions

πώρωσις pṓrōsis, po'-ro-sis; from G4456; stupidity or callousness:—blindness, hardness.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4457 in the following manner: blindness (2x), hardness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4457 in the following manner: blindness (2x), hardness (1x).
  1. the covering with a callus

  2. obtrusiveness of mental discernment, dulled perception

  3. the mind of one has been blunted

    1. of stubbornness, obduracy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πώρωσις pṓrōsis, po'-ro-sis; from G4456; stupidity or callousness:—blindness, hardness.
STRONGS G4457:
πώρωσις, πωρωσεως, (πωρόω, which see), properly, the covering with a callus; tropically, obtuseness of mental discernment, dulled perception: γέγονε τίνι, the mind of one has been blunted (R. V. a hardening hath befallen), Romans 11:25; τῆς καρδίας (hardening of heart), of stubbornness, obduracy, Mark 3:5; Ephesians 4:18. ((Hippocrates))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
3:5
Romans
11:25
Ephesians
4:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4457 matches the Greek πώρωσις (pōrōsis),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:5 - And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 - Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:[fn] a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:18 - They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
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