Definition

properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• be cruel
• be fiercer
• make grievous
• be ((ask a)
• be in
• have
• seem
• would) hard(-en
• (labour)
• -ly
• thing)
• be sore
• (be
• make) stiff(-en
• (-necked))

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.