noun · feminine

sklērokardias

Greekσκληροκαρδία (sklērokardia)

Strong’sG4641

hardness of heart

stem sklērokardi-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

hardness of heart3×

What it means

† σκληρο-καρδία, -ας, ἡ

(< σκληρός, καρδία), [in LXX: De 10:16, Je 4:4 (לֵבָב עׇרְלָה), Si 16:10 (cf. καρδία σκληρά, ib. 3:26, 27) *;]

hardness of heart: Mt 19:8, Mk 10:5 16:[14].†

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

Strong’s G4641 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsklay-rok-ar-dee'-ah

hard-heartedness, i.e. (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception

Fromfeminine of a compound of G4642 and G2588;

King Jameshardness of heart.

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	sklērokardias	sklērokardiais
object accusative	sklērokardian3×σκληροκαρδίαν	sklērokardiain
direct address vocative	sklērokardiar	sklērokardiair
of, belonging to genitive	sklērokardiau	sklērokardiaiu
to, for dative	sklērokardia	sklērokardiai

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

sklērokardistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sklērokardia 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

sklērokardian“hardness of heart”objectaccusative singular3×

Matthew 19:8“hardness of heart”legatō autoi hoti Mōusos pros tan sklērokardian vu epitrepata vi apoluara tain gunaikain vu, apo archau de ouk ginatē houtōs.Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Mark 10:5“hardness of heart”tos de Iēsus legata autoi; Pros tan sklērokardian vu grafata vi tan entolan houtan;But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

Mark 16:14“hardness of heart”Husterem de anakeierōtoi autoi toi hendeka fanerita, kai oneidizata tan apistian autoiu kai sklērokardian hoti toi theaseratoi auton egeirirēton ouk pisteuala.Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.