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hardened

Meaning of “hardened”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of harden, meaning to make or become hard, firm, stubborn, insensible, or resistant.

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33 occurrences33 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 7:13

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1 Samuel 6:6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 6:6 · retained source text

Wherefore then doe yee harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people goe, and they departed?

1611 marginal noteOr, reprochfully.

1611 marginal noteHeb. them.

1611 marginal noteExod. 12.31.

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Made hard, or more hard or compact; made unfeeling; made obstinate; confirmed in error or vice.

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