Lexicon :: Strong's G4642 - sklēros

σκληρός

Transliteration

sklēros (Key)

Pronunciation

sklay-ros'

Part of Speech

adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

From the base of σκέλος (G4628)

Greek Inflections of σκληρός [?]

mGNT
5x in 4 unique form(s) TR
6x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
50x in 14 unique form(s)

σκληρόν — 2x

Σκληρός — 1x

σκληρὸς — 1x

σκληρῶν — 2x

σκληρόν — 1x

σκληρὸς — 1x

σκληρός — 1x

σκληρῶν — 2x

σκληρὰ — 5x

σκληρά — 5x

σκληράς — 1x

σκληρᾶς — 4x

σκληροὶ — 1x

σκληροῗς — 1x

σκληρὸν — 8x

σκληρόν — 4x

σκληρὸς — 9x

σκληρός — 3x

σκληρότεροί — 1x

σκληρῷ — 1x

σκληρῶν — 3x

σκληρῶς — 4x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1028,816

Trench's Synonyms: xiv. σκληρός, αὐστηρός.

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

σκληρός sklērós, sklay-ros'; from the base of G4628; dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe):—fierce, hard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4642 in the following manner: hard (5x), fierce (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4642 in the following manner: hard (5x), fierce (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

hard, harsh, rough, stiff
1. of men: metaph. harsh, stern, hard
2. of things: violent, rough, offensive, intolerable

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

σκληρός sklērós, sklay-ros'; from the base of G4628; dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe):—fierce, hard.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G4642:

σκληρός, 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.; Acts 26:14.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis: 42:7; 42:30
1 Samuel: 25:3
1 Kings: 12:13
Isaiah: 19:4; 48:4
Matthew: 25:24
John: 6:60
Acts: 9:5; 26:14
James: 3:4
Jude: 1:15

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G4642 matches the Greek σκληρός (sklēros),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 25:24

Mat 25:24 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard^G4642 man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Jhn 6:60

Jhn 6:60 - Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard^G4642 saying; who can hear it?

Act 9:5

Act 9:5 - And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard^G4642 for thee to kick against the pricks.

Act 26:14

Act 26:14 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard^G4642 for thee to kick against the pricks.

Jas 3:4

Jas 3:4 - Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce^G4642 winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Jde 1:15

Jde 1:15 - To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard^G4642 speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.