the adverbial form of HARD, A, No. 2, is used in Matthew 19:23; Mark 10:23; Luke 18:24 of the danger of riches.
"with labor, pain, trouble" (akin to mogos, "toil"), is found in some mss. in Luke 9:39 , instead of No. 3.
"with difficulty, scarcely, hardly" (akin to molos, "toil"), is used as an alternative for No. 2, and occurs in the most authentic mss. in Luke 9:39; it is rendered "hardly" in Acts 27:8 , AV. See DIFFICULTY.