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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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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
33 occurrences33 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 7:13

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2 Kings 17:14
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:14 · retained source text

Notwithstanding, they would not heare, but hardened their neckes, like to the necke of their fathers, that did not beleeue in the LORD their God.

1611 marginal noteActs 7.51.

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

volume 1, leaf 883, column 1 (main_dictionary)