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hard

Meaning of “hard”

Firm, difficult, severe, harsh, laborious, forceful, or resistant to pressure.

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45 occurrences45 verses26 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 18:14

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1 Kings 10:1
AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 10:1 · retained source text

¶ And when the Queene of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, concerning the Name of the LORD; shee came to prooue him with hard questions.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 9.1. mat. 12.42. luke 11.31.

1 Kings 21:1
AND it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe after these things, that Naboth the Iezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Iezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

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