2001 Translation

PŌRŌSIN, pōrōsin

Sounds Like: po-ROH-sin

Translations: hardening, a hardening, dullness, blindness

From the root: ΠΩΡΩΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of hardening, dullness, or insensitivity, particularly in a metaphorical sense, often describing a spiritual or mental condition where one's understanding or perception is dulled or made unresponsive. It implies a lack of comprehension or an inability to perceive truth, often due to stubbornness or resistance.

Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4457 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:10

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Ephesians — 4:18

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΩΡΩΣΙΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΩΡΩΣΕΙ — (to) hardening, (to) dullness, (to) insensitivity, hardening, dullness, insensitivity, a hardening, a dullness, an insensitivity
• ΠΩΡΩΣΙ — hardening, a hardening, callousness, blindness
• ΠΩΡΩΣΙΣ — hardening, a hardening, dullness, blindness, insensitivity

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