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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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Acts 19:9
But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
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1611 witness · Acts 19:9 · retained source text

But when diuers were hardened, and beleeued not, but spake euill of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the schoole of one Tyrannus.

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

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