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Redirected from ϲκηρα, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.

ΣΚΗΡΑ, σκηρα

SKĒRA, skēra

Sounds Like: sklay-RAH

Translations: 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

From the root: ΣΚΛΗΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something as hard, harsh, or difficult. It can refer to physical hardness, a harsh or severe quality, or a stubborn and unyielding disposition. It is often used to describe things that are difficult to bear or understand, or people who are obstinate and unbending.

Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G4642 (Lookup on BibleHub)


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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.

  • 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
  • ΣΚΛΗΡΟΤΕΡΟΙ — harder, harsher, more difficult, more stubborn, more severe
  • 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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