adjective

duskolem

Greekδύσκολος (duskolos)

Strong’sG1422

difficult

stem duskol-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

hard1×

What it means

δύσκολος, -ον

(< κόλον, food), [in LXX for אֵיד, Je 29:9 (Je 49:8) (of. δυσκολία, Jb 34:30; εὔκολος, II Ki 15:3) *;]

1. properly, of persons, hard to satisfy with food, hence, generally, hard to please (Eur., Plat.).

2. Of things, difficult, hard (Arist.): Mk 10:24.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1422 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddoo'-kol-os

properly, fastidious about eating (peevish), i.e. (genitive case) impracticable

Fromfrom G1418 and κόλον (food);

King Jameshard.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	duskolos	duskolas	duskolem1×δύσκολόν	duskolois	duskolais	duskoleim
object accusative	duskolon	duskolan		duskoloin	duskolain
direct address vocative	duskolor	duskolar		duskoloir	duskolair
of, belonging to genitive	duskolou	duskolau	duskoleu	duskoloiu	duskolaiu	duskoleiu
to, for dative	duskolo	duskola	duskole	duskoloi	duskolai	duskolei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

duskolstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

duskol is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

duskolem“hard”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Mark 10:24“hard”tois de mathētois thambile epi toi logoi autou. tos de Iēsus palin apokriniratos legatō autoi; Tekneim, pōs duskolem atō eis tan basileian tou theou eiserchara;And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!