noun · feminine
pōrōsias
Greekπώρωσις (pōrōsis)
Strong’sG4457
hardness of heart
stem pōrōsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* πώρωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< πωρόω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4457 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpo'-ro-sis
stupidity or callousness
Fromfrom G4456;
King Jamesblindness, hardness.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | pōrōsias1×πώρωσις | pōrōsiais |
| object accusative | pōrōsian1×πώρωσιν | pōrōsiain |
| direct address vocative | pōrōsiar | pōrōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | pōrōsiau | pōrōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | pōrōsia1×πωρώσει | pōrōsiai |
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
pōrōsia 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
pōrōsias“hardening”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 11:25“hardening”Ouk gar thelamō vin agnoarō, adelfoir, tem mustēriem houtem, hina mē aveiō heautoi fronimois, hoti pōrōsias apo mereu to Israēl ginatē achri hou tem plērōmem teiu ethneiu eiserchateia,I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
pōrōsian“hardness”objectaccusative singular1×
Ephesians 4:18“hardness”skotirētois ta dianoia arōtois, apallotriirētois tau zōau tou theou, dia tan agnoian tan arōtan en autei, dia tan pōrōsian tau kardiau auteiu,They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
pōrōsia“hardness”to, fordative singular1×
Mark 3:5“hardness”kai peribleperatos autoin meta orgau, sulluperōtos epi ta pōrōsia tau kardiau autoiu, legatō to anthrōpo; Ekteinasar tan cheiran; kai ekteinata, kai apokathistanita tas cheiras autou.Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.