Strong's Concordance skléros: hard, rough Original Word: σκληρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: skléros Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-ros') Short Definition: hard, violent, harsh, stern Definition: hard, violent, harsh, stern. HELPS Word-studies 4642 sklērós – properly, hard (because dried out); (figuratively) stiff, stubborn (unyielding) describing people who "won't budge" (bend, submit), or what is unyieldingly harsh. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4642: σκληρόςσκληρός, σκληρά, σκληρόν (σκέλλω, σκληναι, (to dry up, be dry)), from (Hesiod, Theognis), Pindar, Aeschylus down; the Sept. for קָשֶׁה, hard, harsh, rough, stiff (τά σκληρά καί τά μαλακά, Xen) mem. 3, 10, 1); of men, metaphorically, harsh, stern, hard: Matthew 25:24 (1 Samuel 25:3; Isaiah 19:4; Isaiah 48:4; many examples from secular authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2; especially Trench, § xiv.)); of things: ἄνεμος, violent, rough, James 3:4; ὁ λόγος, offensive and intolerable, John 6:60, equivalent to ὅς σκανδαλίζει, 61; σκληρά λαλεῖν κατά τίνος, to speak hard and bitter things against one, Jude 1:15 (σκληρά λαλεῖν τίνι is also used of one who speaks roughly, Genesis 42:7, 30; ἀποκρίνεσθαι σκληρά, to reply with threats, 1 Kings 12:13); σκληρόν ἐστι followed by an infinitive, it is dangerous, turns out badly (A. V. it is hard), Acts 9:5 Rec.; Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fierce, hard. From the base of skelos; dry, i.e. Hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe) -- fierce, hard. see GREEK skelos Forms and Transliterations σκληρά σκληράς σκληροί σκληροίς σκληρον σκληρόν Σκληρος Σκληρός σκληρὸς σκληρότεροί σκληρώ σκληρων σκληρών σκληρῶν skleron sklerón sklerôn sklēron sklērón sklērōn sklērō̂n Skleros Sklerós skleròs Sklēros Sklērós sklēròsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46426 Occurrences σκληρῶν — 2 Occ. σκληρόν — 2 Occ. σκληρὸς — 2 Occ. Matthew 25:24 Adj-NMS GRK: σε ὅτι σκληρὸς εἶ ἄνθρωπος NAS: I knew you to be a hard man, KJV: that thou art an hard man, reaping INT: you that hard you are a man John 6:60 Adj-NMS Acts 9:5 Adj-NNS Acts 26:14 Adj-NNS James 3:4 Adj-GMP Jude 1:15 Adj-GNP |