σκληρός

The 4 distinct written forms G4642 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
σκληρῶν sklērō̂n	Adjective, Genitive, Plural, Masculine	James 3:4	2
σκληρόν sklērón	Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Neuter	Acts 26:14	1
σκληρός sklērós	Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine	John 6:60	1
σκληρὸς sklēròs	Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine	Matthew 25:24	1

Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G4642, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

Derives from

• σκελος skélos G4628 leg

Shares the same root

• σκολιος skoliós G4646 crooked
• σκολοψ skólops G4647 stake

Derived from this word

• σκληροκαρδια sklērokardía G4641 hardness of heart
• σκληροτης sklērótēs G4643 hardness
• σκληροτραχηλος sklērotráchēlos G4644 stubborn
• σκληρυνω sklērýnō G4645 to harden

Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.

The same Greek word σκληρος appears 48 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 45 verses in 17 books.

48

LXX occurrences

Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.

45

verses

Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.

17 / 39

OT books

The word appears in 17 of the 39 Old Testament books.

Sample Septuagint occurrences

• Genesis 21:11 σκληρός
• Exodus 1:14 σκληρός
• Numbers 16:26 σκληρός
• Deuteronomy 1:17 σκληρός
• Judges 2:19 σκληρός
• 1 Samuel 1:15 σκληρός
• 2 Samuel 2:17 σκληρός
• 1 Kings 12:4 σκληρός
• 2 Chronicles 10:4 σκληρός
• Job 9:4 σκληρός
• Psalms 16:4 σκληρός
• Proverbs 17:27 σκληρός

Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)

Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G4642) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.

• Genesis 21:11 σκληρός The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
• Genesis 21:12 σκληρός God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
• Genesis 42:7 σκληρός Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
• Genesis 42:30 σκληρός "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
• Genesis 45:5 σκληρός Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
• Genesis 49:3 σκληρός "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
• Exodus 1:14 σκληρός and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
• Exodus 6:9 σκληρός Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
• Numbers 16:26 σκληρός He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
• Deuteronomy 1:17 σκληρός You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
• Deuteronomy 15:18 σκληρός It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
• Deuteronomy 26:6 σκληρός The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage:
• Deuteronomy 31:27 σκληρός For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against Yahweh; and how much more after my death?
• Judges 2:19 σκληρός But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
• 1 Samuel 1:15 σκληρός Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
• 1 Samuel 5:7 σκληρός When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore on us, and on Dagon our god.
• 1 Samuel 25:3 σκληρός Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
• 2 Samuel 2:17 σκληρός The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
• 2 Samuel 3:39 σκληρός I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness."
• 1 Kings 12:4 σκληρός Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
• 1 Kings 12:13 σκληρός The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
• 1 Kings 12:24 σκληρός Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
• 2 Chronicles 10:4 σκληρός Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
• 2 Chronicles 10:13 σκληρός The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
• Job 9:4 σκληρός God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
• Job 22:21 σκληρός "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
• Psalms 16:4 σκληρός Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink-offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor take their names on my lips.
• Psalms 59:5 σκληρός You, Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel, Rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
• Proverbs 17:27 σκληρός He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
• Proverbs 27:16 σκληρός Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.
• Proverbs 28:14 σκληρός Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
• Proverbs 29:19 σκληρός A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
• Ecclesiastes 7:17 σκληρός Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
• Song of Solomon 8:6 σκληρός Set me as a seal on your heart, As a seal on your arm; For love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yahweh.
• Isaiah 5:30 σκληρός They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
• Isaiah 8:12 σκληρός Don't you say, "A conspiracy!" concerning all about which this people shall say, "A conspiracy!" neither fear their fear, nor be in dread [of it].
• Isaiah 8:21 σκληρός They shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall happen that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
• Isaiah 14:3 σκληρός It shall happen in the day that Yahweh shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
• Isaiah 19:4 σκληρός I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.
• Isaiah 21:2 σκληρός A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; besiege, Media; all the sighing of it have I made to cease.
• Isaiah 27:8 σκληρός In measure, when you send them away, you do contend with them; he has removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
• Isaiah 28:2 σκληρός Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
• Isaiah 48:4 σκληρός Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
• Daniel 11:32 σκληρός Such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].
• Zephaniah 1:14 σκληρός The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.

These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G4642) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.