σκληρός

σκληρός — sklērós

σκληρός, σκληρά, σκληρόν (σκέλλω, σκληναι, (to dry up, be dry)), from (Hesiod, Theognis), Pindar, Aeschylus down; the Sept. for קָשֶׁה, hard, harsh, rough, stiff (τά σκληρά καί τά μαλακά, Xen) mem. 3, 10, 1); of men, metaphorically, harsh, stern, hard: Mat 25:24 (1Sa 25:3; Isa 19:4; Isa 48:4; many examples from secular authors are given by Passow, under the word, 2 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2; especially Trench, § xiv.)); of things: ἄνεμος, violent, rough, Jas 3:4; ὁ λόγος, offensive and intolerable, Joh 6:60, equivalent to ὅς σκανδαλίζει, 61; σκληρά λαλεῖν κατά τίνος, to speak hard and bitter things against one, Jud 1:15 (σκληρά λαλεῖν τίνι is also used of one who speaks roughly, Gen 42:7; Gen 42:30; ἀποκρίνεσθαι σκληρά, to reply with threats, 1Ki 12:13); σκληρόν ἐστι followed by an infinitive, it is dangerous, turns out badly (A. V. it is hard), Act 9:5 Rec.;.