adjective

sklēros

Greekσκληρός (sklēros)

Strong’sG4642

hard, violent, harsh, stern

stem sklēr-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

hard3×harsh1×strong1×

What it means

σκληρός, -ά, -όν

(< σκέλλω, to dry), [in LXX chiefly for קָשָׁה;]

hard to the touch, rough, harsh, (opp. to μαλακός); metaph., in various uses;

(a) of men, hard, stern, severe: Mt 25:24;

(b) of things, hard, rough, violent: σκληρόν σοι (ἐστι), Ac 26:14; λόγος, Jo 6:60; ἄνεμος, Ja 3:4; σκληρὰ λαλεῖν, Ju 15.†

SYN.: αὐστηρός, q.v

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

Strong’s G4642 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsklay-ros'

dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe)

Fromfrom the base of G4628;

King Jamesfierce, hard.

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	sklēros2×σκληρὸς	sklēras	sklērem1×σκληρόν	sklērois	sklērais	sklēreim
object accusative	sklēron	sklēran		sklēroin	sklērain
direct address vocative	sklēror	sklērar		sklēroir	sklērair
of, belonging to genitive	sklērou	sklērau	sklēreu	sklēroiu1×σκληρῶν	sklēraiu	sklēreiu1×σκληρῶν
to, for dative	sklēro	sklēra	sklēre	sklēroi	sklērai	sklērei

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

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

sklēr 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

sklēros“hard”subjectnominative singular2×

Matthew 25:24“hard”prosercharatos de kai tos tem henem talantem lambarētos legata; Kurior, gnōskama sin hoti sklēros asō anthrōpos, therizarōtos hopou ouk speirasa kai sunagarōtos hothen ouk diaskorpizasa;Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

John 6:60“hard”Pollois oun akouaratois ek toiu mathētoiu autou legala; Sklēros atō tos logos houtos; tinos dunetō autou akouarō?On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

sklērem“hard”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Acts 26:14“hard”pantoiu tē katapiptaratoiu nu eis tan gēan akouama fōnan legarōtan pros min ta Hebraida dialekta; Saoul Saoul, tinem min diōkasō? sklērem si pros kentreim laktizarō.We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

sklēroiu“strong”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

James 3:4“strong”idou kai teim ploieim, tēlikouteim arōteim kai hupo anemoiu sklēroiu elaunirōteim, metagitō hupo elachisteu pēdalieu hopou tas hormas tou euthunarōtou bouletō;Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.

sklēreiu“harsh”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Jude 1:15“harsh”poiara krisian kata pantoiu kai elenchara pantoin toin aseboin peri panteiu teiu ergeiu asebeiau autoiu heiu asebala kai peri panteiu teiu sklēreiu heiu lalala kata autou hamartōlois asebois.to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”