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pórōsis

hardening, callousness

Say it: POR-o-sis (approximate)

πώρωσις

What it means

A hardening, like skin turning to callus or a bone knitting hard (from pōros, a kind of stone). In 4:18, "because of the hardening of their hearts." In Mark 3:5 and Romans 11:25 it describes hard hearts.

Range of meaning

  • HardeningBecoming hard.
  • CallousnessLoss of feeling.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 4

    "Because of the hardness of their hearts" (4:18).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4457 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources