Strong’s G4456 · Greek
πωρόω
pōróō · po-ro'-o
Origin apparently from πῶρος (a kind of stone);
Meaning to petrify, i.e. (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous)
In the King James Version blind, harden.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Mark 6:52For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
- Mark 8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
- John 12:40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
- Romans 11:7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
- 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.