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harden

Meaning of “harden”

To make or become hard, firm, stubborn, insensible, or resistant.

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First occurrence: Exodus 4:21

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Joshua 11:20
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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1611 witness · Joshua 11:20 · retained source text

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battell, that he might destroy them vtterly, & that they might haue no fauour: but that hee might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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