Petrify, Harden - G4456 - póroó

Greek

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  • Strong’s Concordance
    • to petrify, to harden, render callous, petrify
  • HELPS Word-studies
    • 4456 pōróō (from pōros, a kind of marble) – properly, made of stone; (figuratively) insensible; dull, unperceptive as a rock; calloused (hardened); i.e. unresponsive (dense), completely lacking sensitivity or spiritual perception.
    • From the time of Hippocrates, 4456 (pōróō) means “harden,” like a formed callus which petrifies (cf. DNTT, 2, 153).
    • 4456 (pōróō) was applied to bony formations on the joints (a “callus,” ossification) – hence meaning “to petrify” (as in “covering over with a callus”). 4456 (pōróō) is only used figuratively in the NT meaning “to deaden (dull), to make (render) obtuse (dull, dead)” (Souter).

Used 5 Times in the New Testament

Mark-6v52

Mark 6:52

for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.

• Hearts
• Hardened
• This hardening of the heart was said of the disciples.

Mark-8v17

Mark 8:17

Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?

• Hearts
• Hardened
• Again, this reference to hard hearts was referring to the disciples

John-12v40

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

• Hearts
• Hardened

Romans-11v7

Romans 11:7

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

2-Corinthians-3v14

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

• Closed