4642 - skléros

Strong's Concordance

Original word: σκληρός
Transliteration: skléros
Definition (short): hard
Definition (full): hard, rough

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from skelló (to dry)
Definition: hard, rough
NASB Translation: difficult (1), hard (2), harsh things (1), strong (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From the base of skelos; dry, i.e. Hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe) -- fierce, hard.

see GREEK skelos

KJV: Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
NASB: "And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.
KJV: Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
NASB: Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"
KJV: And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
NASB: "And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
KJV: Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
NASB: Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.
KJV: To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
NASB: to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."