Definition

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

Etymology

feminine of a compound of G4642 (σκληρός) and G2588 (καρδία);

Where the KJV renders it

• hardness of heart

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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