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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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Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
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1611 witness · Exodus 1:14 · retained source text

And they made their liues bitter, with hard bondage, in morter and in bricke, and in all maner of seruice in the fielde: all their seruice wherein they made them serue, was with rigour.

Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
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1611 witness · Exodus 18:26 · retained source text

And they iudged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought vnto Moses, but euery small matter they iudged themselues.

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