Lexical Summary
sklérokardia: Hardness of heart
Original Word: σκληροκαρδία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: sklérokardia
Pronunciation: sklay-ro-kar-DEE-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (sklay-rok-ar-dee'-ah)
KJV: hardness of heart
NASB: hardness of heart
Word Origin: [feminine of a compound of G4642 (σκληρός - hard) and G2588 (καρδία - heart)]
1. hard-heartedness
2. (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
hardness of heart.
Feminine of a compound of skleros and kardia; hard-heartedness, i.e. (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception -- hardness of heart.
see GREEK skleros
see GREEK kardia
HELPS Word-studies
4641 sklērokardía (from 4642 /sklērós, "hard because dry" and 2588 /kardía, "heart") – properly, hardness of heart because of a lack of moisture (lubricant); an obstinate, hard heart which lacks the oil of the Holy Spirit and hence implies rebellion – i.e someone refusing to be receptive (obedient) to God's inworking of faith. See 4642 (sklēros).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
skléros and
kardiaDefinitionhardness of heart
NASB Translationhardness of heart (3).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4641: σκληροκαρδίασκληροκαρδία,
σκληροκαρδιας,
ἡ (
σκληρός and
καρδία), a Biblical word,
the characteristic of one who is σκληρός τήν καρδίαν (
Proverbs 28:14), or
σκληροκάρδιος (
Proverbs 17:20;
Ezekiel 3:7);
hardness of heart:
Matthew 19:8;
Mark 10:5;
Mark 16:14; for
לֵבָב עָרְלַת,
Deuteronomy 10:16;
Jeremiah 4:4; Sir. 16:10;
καρδία σκληρά, Sir. 3:26, 27. (Cf.
Winer's Grammar, 26, 99 (94).)
