G1422

δύσκολος

duskolosG:A

difficult

δύσκολος, -ον (κόλον, food), [in LXX for אֵיד, Jer.29:9 (Jer.49:8) (of. δυσκολία, Job.34:30; εὔκολος, 2Ki.15:3) * ;] __1. properly, of persons, hard to satisfy with food, hence, generally, hard to please (Eur., Plat.). __2. Of things, difficult, hard (Arist.): Mrk.10:24.† (AS)

The KJV translates G1422 in the following manner:

hard (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

δύσκολος — dýskolos

δύσκολος, δύσκολόν (κόλον, food);

1. properly, hard to find agreeable food for, fastidious about food.

2. difficult to please, always finding fault; (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others).

3. universally, difficult (Xenophon, oec. 15, 10 ἡ γεωργία δύσκολος ἐστι μαθεῖν): πῶς δύσκολόν ἐστι, followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Mar 10:24.

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