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hard

Meaning of “hard”

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:14

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Jeremiah 32:17
Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
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Ah LORD God, beholde, thou hast made the heauen and the earth by thy great power & stretched out arme, and there is nothing too hard for thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, hid from thee.

Jeremiah 32:27
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
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Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: Is there any thing too hard for me?

1611 marginal noteNum. 16.22.

Ezekiel 3:5
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
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For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech, and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHeb. deepe of lippes and heauie of tongue, and so ver. 6.

Ezekiel 3:6
Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
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Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not vnderstand: surely had I sent thee to them, they would haue hearkened vnto thee:

1611 marginal noteHeb. deepe of lip, and heauie language.

1611 marginal noteOr, if I had sent thee &c. would they not haue hearkened vnto thee?

Daniel 5:12
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
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Forasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and vnderstanding, interpreting of dreames, and shewing of hard sentences, & dissoluing of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shewe the interpretation.

1611 marginal noteOr, of an interpreter, &c.

1611 marginal noteOr, of a dissoluer.

1611 marginal noteCalde. knots.

Jonah 1:13
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
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Neuerthelesse the men rowed hard to bring it to the land, but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. digged.

Matthew 25:24
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:
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Then he which had receiued the one talent, came & said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sowen, & gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Mark 10:24
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
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And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Iesus answereth againe, and saith vnto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God?

John 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
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Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying, who can heare it?

Acts 9:5
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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And he said, Who art thou Lord? And the Lord said, I am Iesus whom thou persecutest: It is hard for thee to kicke against the prickes.

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