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Lexicon :: Strong's G4645 - sklērynō

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σκληρύνω
Transliteration
sklērynō (Key)
Pronunciation
sklay-roo'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1030,816

Strong’s Definitions

σκληρύνω sklērýnō, sklay-roo'-no; from G4642; to indurate, i.e. (figuratively) render stubborn:—harden.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4645 in the following manner: harden (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4645 in the following manner: harden (6x).

  1. to make hard, harden

  2. metaph.

    1. to render obstinate, stubborn

    2. to be hardened

    3. to become obstinate or stubborn

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σκληρύνω sklērýnō, sklay-roo'-no; from G4642; to indurate, i.e. (figuratively) render stubborn:—harden.
STRONGS G4645:
σκληρύνω (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 (Ps. 95:8); 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
7:3; 7:22; 8:19; 9:12
Psalms
94:8; 95:8
Acts
19:9
Romans
9:18
Hebrews
3:8; 3:13; 3:15; 4:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4645 matches the Greek σκληρύνω (sklērynō),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will divide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:21 - And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:22 - But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:19 - Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:12 - But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:35 - So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:1 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:20 - But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:10 - Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD.” And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand of the people of Israel pressed harder and harder against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - But they would not listen, but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - “But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn] But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 - O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their neck, refusing to hear my words.”
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