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Koine Greek wordlink #155111

SR GNT Yud 1:15 σκληρῶν (sklaʸrōn) ‘concerning all the hard things of which spoke against’ Strongs=46420 Lemma=sklēros
Word role=substantive adjective case=genitive gender=neuter number=plural
Year=66 AD Referred to from Word #155105

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Only use of identical word form σκληρῶν (S-GNP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘σκληρῶν’ (S-GNP) is always and only glossed as ‘hard things’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘sklēros’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a hard’, ‘hard’, ‘hard it_is’, ‘hard things’.

Greek words (4) other than σκληρῶν (S-GNP) with a gloss related to ‘hard’

YHN 6:60 σκληρός (sklaʸros) S-NMS ‘apprentices/followers of him said hard is message this’ SR GNT Yhn 6:60 word 10

OET-LV: 60 Therefore many of the apprentices/followers having _heard of _him said, this the message is hard, who is _able to _be _hearing of _it? (JHN_6:60)

OET-RV: 60 But even many of his followers who heard it said, “This is difficult teaching—it’s too hard to take.” (JHN 6:60)

MAT 25:24 σκληρός (sklaʸros) A-NMS ‘I knew you that a hard you are man reaping’ SR GNT Mat 25:24 word 15

OET-LV: 24 And the one having _received with _the one talanton_of _silver, having_ also _approached said: Master, I _knew you, that you _are a_hard, man, reaping where you_ not _sowed, and gathering _together whence you_ not _scattered. (MAT_25:24)

OET-RV: 24 Then the slave with one bag of silver also approached and said, ‘Master, I knew that you’d are hard man, harvesting where you didn’t plant, and gathering where you didn’t spread seed. (MAT 25:24)

ACTs 26:14 Σκληρόν (Sklaʸron) S-NNS ‘why me you are persecuting hard it_is for you against the prods’ SR GNT Acts 26:14 word 25

OET-LV: 14 And all of _us having _falling _down to the ground, I _heard a_voice, saying to me in _the Hebraios language: Saulos/(Shāʼūl), Saulos, why are _you _persecuting me? It _is hard for _you to _be _kicking against the_prods. (ACT_26:14)

OET-RV: 14 All of us fell down to the ground and I heard a voice speaking to me in Hebrew saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Life will be difficult for you if you resist me.’ (ACT 26:14)

YAC 3:4 σκληρῶν (sklaʸrōn) A-GMP ‘and by winds hard being driven is_being directed by’ SR GNT Yac 3:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 Behold, also the ships, so _great being, and by winds hard being _driven, is _being _directed by the_least rudder, wherever the impulse of _the one straightening is _wishing. (JAM_3:4)

OET-RV: 4 Similarly, even huge ships that are being driven on by strong winds are controlled by a small rudder and can be steered wherever the captain desires. (JAM 3:4)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective GMP=genitive,masculine,plural GNP=genitive,neuter,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular