sklēros

Strong’sG4642

hard, violent, harsh, stern

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

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

σκληρός, ά, όν,
also Doric dialect, Refs 5th c.BC+, hyperdorian mode σκλᾱρός Refs 5th c.BC+:— hard, opposed to μαλακός in all senses:
I hard to the touch, ξύλον σ. ἢ μαλακόν Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐλαία Pi.[same place]; γῆ Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 of sound, harsh, σκληρὸν ἐβρόντησε Refs 8th c.BC+
I.3 of taste and smell, harsh, bitter, σ. ὕδατα (springing from a rocky soil) Refs 5th c.BC+; of wine, dry, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, σ. φράσις Refs 1st c.BC+
I.4 stiff, unyielding, opposed to ὑγρός (lithe and supple), τιτθία σ. καὶ κυδώνια Refs 5th c.BC+; of the hair (compare σκληρόθριξ), Refs 4th c.BC+; σ. δέρμα, σάρξ, Refs; of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+; of dogs, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ τὸ σῶμα σ. Refs 4th c.BC+
I.5 κοιλίη σ. costive, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.6 of light, strong, ἐν σ. αὐγῇ ἢ μαλακῇ Refs
I.7 of a wind, strong, NT+2nd c.AD+
II metaphorically,
II.1 of things, hard, austere, μὴ τὰ μαλακὰ μῶσο, μὴ τὰ σ. ἔχῃς Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ σ. hard words, Refs 5th c.BC+; τόνος ἀπηνὴς καὶ σ. Refs 1st c.AD+; τὸ σ. ={σκληρότης}, ἡ δίαιτα.. ὑπερβάλλει ἐπὶ τὸ σ. Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 of persons, harsh, austere, cruel, stubborn, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ἀοιδός, of the Sphinx, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄγροικοι καὶ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. θράσος stubborn courage, Refs 5th c.BC+
III adverb, -ρῶς καθῆσθαι, i.e. on a hard seat, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 hardly, with difficulty, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 harshly, obstinately, σ. διαμάχεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπειλεῖνRefs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

hard3×harsh1×strong1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

sklēros“hard”subjectnominative singular2×

Matthew 25:24… labarēntos legata; Kurior, gnōskama sin hoti sklēros asō anthrōpos, therizarōntos hopou ouk sperasa …… I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not …

John 6:60“hard”… akouarantois ek toiu mathētoiu autou legala; Sklēros atō tos logos houtos; tinos dunotō …… it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

sklērem“hard”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Acts 26:14… dialekta; Saoul Saoul, tinem min diōkasō? sklērem si pros kentreim laktizarō.… do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the …

sklēroiu“strong”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

James 3:4… ploieim, tēlikouteim arōnteim kai hupo anemoiu sklēroiu elaunorōnteim, metagotō hupo elachisteu pēdalieu hopou …… so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a …

sklēreiu“harsh”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Jude 1:15… heiu asebala kai peri panteiu teiu sklēreiu heiu lalala kata autou hamartōlois asebois.… ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly …