Strong G4457πώρωσις
hardening
- Transliteration
- pōrōsis
- Pronunciation
- po'-ro-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4456; stupidity or callousness: - blindness hardness.
Detailed definition
πώρωσις, -εως, ἡ
(πωρόω),
a covering with a callus, a hardening: metaphorically, Mrk.3:6, Rom.11:2, Eph.4:18.†
(AS)
(πωρόω),
a covering with a callus, a hardening: metaphorically, Mrk.3:6, Rom.11:2, Eph.4:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4457 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blindness2
- hardness1
First verses
- Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
- Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
- Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πώρ-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
process by which the extremities of fractured bones are reunited by a callus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 23 (_plural_), “Art.” 15, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.387.)]
II metaphorically, obtuseness, blindness, τῆς καρδίας [NT (NT.Mark.3.5, NT.Eph.4.18: _absolutely_, NT.Rom.11.25.)]
process by which the extremities of fractured bones are reunited by a callus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 23 (_plural_), “Art.” 15, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.387.)]
II metaphorically, obtuseness, blindness, τῆς καρδίας [NT (NT.Mark.3.5, NT.Eph.4.18: _absolutely_, NT.Rom.11.25.)]