2001 Translation

SKLĒROTEROI, sklēroteroi

Sounds Like: sklay-roh-TEH-roy

Translations: harder, harsher, more difficult, more stubborn, more severe

From the root: ΣΚΛΗΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'σκληρός' (sklēros), meaning 'hard' or 'harsh'. As a comparative adjective, it means 'harder' or 'harsher'. It is used to describe something that possesses a quality to a greater degree than something else. In this form, it is plural, indicating that multiple entities are being described as harder or harsher.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4642 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Samuel — 3:39

From the same root

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

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.

• ΣΚΗΡΑ — hard, harsh, difficult, severe, stubborn, unyielding, rough, cruel, violent, a hard, a harsh, a difficult, a severe, a stubborn, a unyielding, a rough, a cruel, a violent
• ΣΚΗΡΟΝ — hard, harsh, severe, difficult, rough, stubborn, unyielding
• ΣΚΛΗΡΑ — hard, harsh, severe, difficult, stubborn, a hard, a harsh, a severe, a difficult, a stubborn
• ΣΚΛΗΡΑΙ — hard, harsh, difficult, severe
• ΣΚΛΗΡΑΝ — hard, a hard, harsh, a harsh, severe, a severe, difficult, a difficult
• ΣΚΛΗΡΑΣ — of hard, of harsh, of severe, of difficult, of stubborn
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟ — hard, harsh, severe, difficult, stubborn, unyielding, rough, cruel
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΙ — hard, harsh, severe, cruel, stubborn, difficult, rough
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΙΣ — hard, harsh, difficult, severe, stubborn, unyielding
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΝ — hard, harsh, difficult, severe, stubborn, a hard thing, a harsh thing
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΣ — hard, harsh, severe, difficult, stubborn, obstinate, rough, cruel
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — harder, more difficult, harsher, more severe, more stubborn, more rigid
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ — harder, harsher, more difficult, more stubborn, more severe
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΤΗΤΑ — hardness, a hardness, stubbornness, a stubbornness, obstinacy, an obstinacy
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΥ — hard, harsh, difficult, severe, rough, stubborn, stiff, cruel, unyielding, a hard, a harsh, a difficult, a severe, a rough, a stubborn, a stiff, a cruel, an unyielding
• ΣΚΛΗΡΟΥΣ — hard, harsh, severe, difficult, rough, stubborn, cruel
• ΣΚΛΗΡΩ — (to) hard, (to) harsh, (to) severe, (to) difficult, (to) stubborn, (to) unyielding
• ΣΚΛΗΡΩΝ — hard, harsh, severe, difficult, cruel, stubborn, unyielding
• ΣΚΛΗΡΩΣ — hardly, severely, harshly, with difficulty

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