Lexical Summary pōroō: to petrify, to harden Original Word: πωρόωTransliteration: pōroō Phonetic Spelling: (po-ro'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to petrify, to harden Meaning: to petrify, to harden Strong's Concordance harden, blindApparently from poros (a kind of stone); to petrify, i.e. (figuratively) to indurate (render stupid or callous) -- blind, harden. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4456: πωρόωπωρόω, πώρω: 1 aorist ἐπωρωσα (John 12:40 T Tr WH); perfect πεπώρωκα; perfect passive participle πεπωρωμενος; 1 aorist passive ἐπωρωθην; (πῶρος, hard skin, a hardening, induration); to cover with a thick skin, to harden by covering with a callus (R. V. everywhere simply to harden): metaphorically, καρδίαν, to make the heart dull, John 12:40; passive, to grow hard or callous, become dull, lose the power of understanding: Romans 11:7; τά νοήματα, 2 Corinthians 3:14; ἡ καρδία, Mark 6:52; Mark 8:17. Cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Mark, p. 78f; on Romans, ii., p. 451f. ((Hippocrates ( |
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