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Strong's #4645 - σκληρύνω
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- to make hard, harden
- metaph.
- to render obstinate, stubborn
- to be hardened
- to become obstinate or stubborn
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σκληρ-ύνω,
harden, opp. μαλάσσω, Hp. Acut. 45, Arist. HA 548b23: — Pass., with pf. ἐσκλήρυσμαι Hp. Liqu. 6, and -υμμαι, to be hardened, grow hard, Id. VM 22, Thphr. Lap. 11 .
2. metaph., ς. τὴν καρδίαν τινός harden his heart, LXX Exodus 7:3,al., Ep.Hebrews 3:8,cf. Ep.Romans 9:18 : — Pass., LXX Si. 30.12 .
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
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σκληρύνω
(< σκληρός ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7185 hi., also for H2388;]
to harden. Metaph., to harden, make stubborn: c. acc pers., Romans 9:18; T. καρδίας (Psalms 95:8), Hebrews 3:8; Hebrews 3:15; Hebrews 4:7. Pass., to become hardened: Acts 19:9, Hebrews 3:13.†
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For this word which is used of the covered ";portico"; or ";colonnade"; (AV, RV ";porch";) of the Temple in John 10:23, Acts 3:11, we may cite the following exx.—CP Herm I. 119 rectoiii. 16 πρὸς τῇ καμ ̣άρᾳ ὑπὸ στοὰν Ἀντινοϊτικῆς πλατίας, BGU IV. 1167.33 (B.C. 12) ἐν τῇ τετραγώ (νῳ) στοᾷ οἰκητηρίο (υ), ib. 1127.34 (B.C. 8) εἰς τὸ τῆς στοᾶς λογιστήριον, P Oxy XII. 1406.11 (edict of Caracalla—A.D. 213–17) προετέθη ἐν Β ̣[αβυλῶνι ?] ὑπὸ στ ̣[ο ]ᾷ δημο ̣σι ̣ᾳ, ";published at B[abylon ?] in the public colonnade"; (Edd.), ib. XVI..13 (A.D. 505) ὑπ [ὸ τ ]ὴν νοτιν [ὴ ]ν δημοσίαν στοάν, Michel 1001ii. 17 (c. B.C. 200) εἴ κα μή τις στοὰν οἰκοδομῆσαι προαιρεῖται, Syll 588.245 (c. B.C. 180) ἐνωπίωι τῶν στοῶν, and C. and B. i. p. 155, No. 61 (A.D. 136–7) τὴν ἐξέδραν καὶ τὴν στουὰν παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ ἀποκαθέστησεν.
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