King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4457
Transliteration: pōrōsis
Phonetic Spelling: (po'-ro-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a covering with a callous, blindness
Meaning: a covering with a callous, blindness
πώρωσις, πωρωσεως, ἡ (πωρόω, which see), properly, the covering with a callus; tropically, obtuseness of mental discernment, dulled perception: γέγονε τίνι, the mind of one has been blunted (R. V. a hardening hath befallen), Romans 11:25; τῆς καρδίας (hardening of heart), of stubbornness, obduracy, Mark 3:5; Ephesians 4:18. ((Hippocrates))
Word Summary
pōrōsis: a covering with a callous, blindness
Original Word: πώρωσιςTransliteration: pōrōsis
Phonetic Spelling: (po'-ro-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a covering with a callous, blindness
Meaning: a covering with a callous, blindness
Strong's Concordance
callousness, blindness, hardness. From poroo; stupidity or callousness -- blindness, hardness.
see GREEK poroo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4457: πώρωσιςπώρωσις, πωρωσεως, ἡ (πωρόω, which see), properly, the covering with a callus; tropically, obtuseness of mental discernment, dulled perception: γέγονε τίνι, the mind of one has been blunted (R. V. a hardening hath befallen), Romans 11:25; τῆς καρδίας (hardening of heart), of stubbornness, obduracy, Mark 3:5; Ephesians 4:18. ((Hippocrates))