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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

σκληρός

Lemmaσκληρός
Citation formσκληρός, ά, όν
Part of speechadjective
Glosshard, violent, harsh, stern
Strong’sG4642
Transliterationsklērós
Definitiondry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe)
KJV glosses:--fierce, hard.
Derivationfrom the base of
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
σκληρόν
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-)Acts 26:14
σκληρὸς
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Matthew 25:24
Σκληρός
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)John 6:60
σκληρῶν
adjective, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-)James 3:4
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-)Jude 1:15

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: σκληρος.