Definition

to indurate, i.e. (figuratively) render stubborn

Etymology

from G4642 (σκληρός);

Word family

• σκληρός sklērós

How the KJV renders it

• harden

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.