UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to cause to be completely unwilling to learn, to cause the mind to be closed

Semantic entry: 27.51

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Be Willing To Learn

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of πωρόω ‘to harden,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause someone to be completely unwilling to learn and to accept new information

Notes: In RV CO2 3:14 · LV CO2 3:14 · Read together CO2 3:14 and in RV JHN 12:40 · LV JHN 12:40 · Read together JHN 12:40 νόημα and καρδία function syntactically as so-called ‘accusatives of specification.’