KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: The condition of being hard, firm, or resistant. Sense 2: Difficulty or hardship. Sense 3: Figuratively, stubbornness or insensibility of heart.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Job 38:38
Complete exact-word concordance
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
When the dust groweeh into hardnesse, and the clods cleaue fast together?
1611 marginal noteOr, when the dust is turned into myre.
1611 marginal noteHeb. is powred.
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Hee saith vnto them, Moses, because of the hardnesse of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wiues: but from the beginning it was not so.
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieued for the hardnesse of their hearts, He saith vnto the man, Stretch foorth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
1611 marginal noteOr, blindnesse.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, For the hardnesse of your heart, he wrote you this precept.
¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
¶ Afterward he appeared vnto the eleuen, as they sate at meat, and vpbraided them with their vnbeliefe, and hardnesse of heart, because they beleeued not them, which had seene him after he was risen.
1611 marginal noteOr, together.
1611 marginal noteLuk. 24.36. iohn 20.19.
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
But after thy hardnesse, and impenitent heart, treasurest vp vnto thy selfe wrath, against the day of wrath, and reuelation of the righteous iudgement of God:
1611 marginal noteIames 5.3.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Thou therefore indure hardnesse, as a good souldier of Iesus Christ.
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