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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 scatter them in Jacob,

And disperse them among 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 [fn]back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your [fn]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, so that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:22 - But the soothsayer priests of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was [fn]hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:19 - Then the soothsayer priests said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was [fn]hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:12 - But the LORD [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:1

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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have [fn]hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, so that I may [fn]perform these signs of Mine [fn]among them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But the LORD [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:10 - So Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet the LORD [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘And it came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD put to death every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborns to animal firstborns. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD the males, every firstborn of a womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - “And I will [fn]harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will 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 - So the LORD [fn]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out [fn]boldly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:17 - “And as for Me, behold, I will [fn]harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:30 - “But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass [fn]through his land; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to hand him over to you, as he is today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - “So circumcise [fn]your heart, and do not stiffen your neck any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand of the sons of Israel pressed harder and harder upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had eliminated Jabin the king of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “[fn]We have ten parts in the king, therefore [fn]we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat [fn]us with contempt? Was it not [fn]our [fn]advice first to bring back [fn]our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - He said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:14 - However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck [fn]like their fathers, 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 hard; but now, lighten the hard labor imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - “Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but [fn]yield to the LORD and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that His burning 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 allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 -

“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;

They [fn]became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 -

“They refused to listen,

And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them;

So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in [fn]Egypt.

But You are a God of forgiveness,

Gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger and abounding in [fn]mercy;

And You did not abandon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 -

And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your Law.

Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,

Which, if a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them.

And they [fn]turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 -

In the morning it flourishes and [fn]sprouts anew;

Toward evening it wilts and withers away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 -

Do not harden your hearts as at [fn]Meribah,

As on the day of [fn]Massah in the wilderness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:17 -

Why, LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways

And harden our heart from fearing You?

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 more evil 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 ears, but stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to bring on this city and all its towns the entire disaster that I have declared against it, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to listen to My words.’”
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