noun · feminine
sklērotas
Greekσκληρότης (sklērotēs)
Strong’sG4643
hardness of heart
stem sklērot-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σκληρότης, -ητος, ἡ
(< σκληρός), [in LXX: De 9:27 (קְשִׁי), etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4643 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsklay-rot'-ace
callousness, i.e. (figuratively) stubbornness
Fromfrom G4642;
King Jameshardness.
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 | sklērotas | sklērotais |
| object accusative | sklērotan1×σκληρότητά | sklērotain |
| direct address vocative | sklērotar | sklērotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sklērotau | sklērotaiu |
| to, for dative | sklērota | sklērotai |
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
sklērota 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
sklērotan“stubbornness”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 2:5“stubbornness”kata de tan sklērotan su kai ametanoētan kardian thēsaurizasō siauto organ en hēmera orgau kai apokalupsiau dikaiokrisiau tou theou,But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.