Pōrōsis πώρωσις

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Pōrōsis
πώρωσις
Transliterationpōrōsis
Strong's numberG4457
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosshardening
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inMark (1)

Pōrōsis (Greek πώρωσις, Strong's G4457) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “hardening”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

πώρωσις, -εως, ἡ
(πωρόω),
a covering with a callus, a hardening: metaphorically, Mrk.3:6, Rom.11:2, Eph.4:18.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVblindness (2), hardness (1)
BSBhardness (2), hardening (1)

Verses

Every verse with Pōrōsis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

Romans

Ephesians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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