2001 Translation

SKLĒRO, sklēro

Sounds Like: sklee-ROH

Translations: hard, harsh, severe, difficult, stubborn, unyielding, rough, cruel

From the root: ΣΚΛΗΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something that is physically hard or firm, like a stone. Metaphorically, it can refer to something that is difficult to do or understand, or to a person who is stubborn, unyielding, harsh, or cruel in character. It is often used to describe a 'hard heart' or 'hard sayings'.

Inflection: Nominative or Accusative Neuter Singular; or Vocative Masculine or Feminine Singular. It can also function as the stem for compound words.

Strong’s number: G4642 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Acts of the Apostles — 26:14

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
• 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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