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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πωρόω
πωρόω
G4456
Transliteration: pōróō
Pronunciation: po-ro'-o
Definition: blind
- Original: πωρόω - Transliteration: Poroo - Phonetic: po-ro'-o πῶρος pō ros (a kind of stone); to petrify that is (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous): - blind harden.
- Definition:
1. to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus
2. metaph.
a. to make the heart dull
b. to grow hard, callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding
- Origin: apparently from poros (a kind of stone) - TDNT entry: 22:05,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Apparently from