Strong G4456πωρόω
to harden
- Transliteration
- pōroō
- Pronunciation
- po-ro'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently from πῶρος pōros (a kind of stone); to petrify that is (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous): - blind harden.
Detailed definition
πωρόω, -ῶ
(πῶρος, 1. a stone. 2. a callus) [in LXX: Job.17:7 B(כָּהָה), Pro.10:20 A *;]
to petrify, harden, form a callus. Metaphorical, π. τ. καρδίαν, Jhn.12:40. Pass., Rom.11:7; τ. νοήματα, 2Co.3:14; ἡ καρδία, Mrk.6:52 8:17 †
(AS)
(πῶρος, 1. a stone. 2. a callus) [in LXX: Job.17:7 B(כָּהָה), Pro.10:20 A *;]
to petrify, harden, form a callus. Metaphorical, π. τ. καρδίαν, Jhn.12:40. Pass., Rom.11:7; τ. νοήματα, 2Co.3:14; ἡ καρδία, Mrk.6:52 8:17 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4456 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- harden3
- blind2
First verses
- Mark 6:52For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
- Mark 8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
- John 12:40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- Romans 11:7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
- 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πωρ-όω,
(from {πῶρος}) petrify, λίθος πεπωρωμένος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.13.)]
II cause a stone or callus to form:—passive, of a stone forming in the bladder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 9.)]
II.2 unite fractured bones by a callus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Fract.” 47 (_passive_), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.70,84)]:—passive, become hard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 802b8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.15.2)]; become thickened, coagulated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 222.)]
III in passive, become insensible, of the flesh, ὑπὸ τῆς πεπωρωμένης ἐκ τοῦ στέατος σαρκός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Nymphis Historicus 16)]: metaphorically, become insensible, obtuse, or blind, of the heart, [LXX+NT (NT.Mark.6.52, 8.17, NT.Rom.11.7; πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου LXX.Job.17.7.)]
(from {πῶρος}) petrify, λίθος πεπωρωμένος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.13.)]
II cause a stone or callus to form:—passive, of a stone forming in the bladder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 9.)]
II.2 unite fractured bones by a callus, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Fract.” 47 (_passive_), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.70,84)]:—passive, become hard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 802b8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.15.2)]; become thickened, coagulated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 222.)]
III in passive, become insensible, of the flesh, ὑπὸ τῆς πεπωρωμένης ἐκ τοῦ στέατος σαρκός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Nymphis Historicus 16)]: metaphorically, become insensible, obtuse, or blind, of the heart, [LXX+NT (NT.Mark.6.52, 8.17, NT.Rom.11.7; πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου LXX.Job.17.7.)]