Genesis 18:14
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
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Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Read in context →To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Read in context →4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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sklērós · sklay-ros'
dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe)
Strong's KJV usage: :--fierce, hard.
Strong's first: Matthew 25:24Strong's last: Jude 1:15
Open full G4642 profile →dâbaq · daw-bak'
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Strong's KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 14:22Strong's last: Psalms 63:8
Open full H1692 profile →pâlâʼ · paw-law'
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
Strong's first: Genesis 18:14Strong's last: Jeremiah 32:27
Open full H6381 profile →qâsheh · kaw-sheh'
severe (in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, in trouble.
Strong's first: Exodus 1:14Strong's last: Isaiah 14:3
Open full H7186 profile →qâshâh · kaw-shaw'
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).
Strong's first: Genesis 35:16Strong's last: Deuteronomy 15:18
Open full H7185 profile →kâbêd · kaw-bade'
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Strong's KJV usage: (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 3:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 3:6
Open full H3515 profile →dýskolos · doo'-kol-os
properly, fastidious about eating (peevish), i.e. (genitive case) impracticable
Strong's KJV usage: :--hard.
Strong's first: Mark 10:24Strong's last: Mark 10:24
Open full G1422 profile →ʼêythân · ay-thawn'
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
Strong's KJV usage: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Strong's first: Proverbs 13:15Strong's last: Proverbs 13:15
Open full H386 profile →châthar · khaw-thar'
to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars
Strong's KJV usage: dig (through), row.
Strong's first: Jonah 1:13Strong's last: Jonah 1:13
Open full H2864 profile →yâtsaq · yaw-tsak'
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
Strong's KJV usage: cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
Strong's first: Job 41:24Strong's last: Job 41:24
Open full H3332 profile →nâgash · naw-gash'
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
Strong's KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Strong's first: Judges 9:52Strong's last: Judges 9:52
Open full H5066 profile →çâmak · saw-mak'
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
Strong's KJV usage: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
Strong's first: Psalms 88:7Strong's last: Psalms 88:7
Open full H5564 profile →ʻummâh · oom-maw'
conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with
Strong's KJV usage: (over) against, at, beside, hard by, in points.
Strong's first: Leviticus 3:9Strong's last: Leviticus 3:9
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Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
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H'ARD, adjective
1. Firm; solid; compact; not easily penetrated, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
2. Difficult; not easy to the intellect.
In which are some things hard to be understood. 2 Peter 3:16.
The hard causes they brought to Moses. Exodus 18:26.
3. Difficult of accomplishment; not easy to be done or executed. A hard task; a disease hard to cure.
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? Genesis 18:14.
4. Full of difficulties or obstacles; not easy to be traveled; as a hard way.
5. Painful; difficult; distressing.
Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. Genesis 35:16.
6. Laborious; fatiguing; attended with difficulty or pain, or both; as hard work or labor; hard duty; hard service.
7. Oppressive; rigorous; severe; cruel; as hard bondage; a hard master. Exodus 1:14. Isaiah 14:3.
8. Unfeeling; insensible; not easily moved by pity; not susceptible of kindness, mercy or other tender affections; as a hard heart.
9. Severe; harsh; rough; abusive.
Have you given him any hard words of late?
10. Unfavorable; unkind; implying blame of another; as hard thoughts.
11. Severe; rigorous; oppressive. The enemy was compelled to submit to hard terms. So we say, a hard bargain; hard conditions.
12. Unreasonable; unjust. It is hard to punish a man for speculative opinions. It is a hard case.
13. Severe; pinching with cold; rigorous; tempestuous; as a hard winter; hard weather.
14. Powerful; forcible; urging; pressing close on.
The stag was too hard for the horse.
The disputant was too hard for his antagonist.
15. Austere; rough; acid; sour; as liquors.
The cider is hard
16. Harsh; stiff; forced; constrained; unnatural.
Others--make the figures harder than the marble itself.
His diction is hard his figures too bold.
17. Not plentiful; not prosperous; pressing; distressing; as hard times, when markets are bad, and money of course scarce.
18. Avaricious; difficult in making bargains; close. Matthew 25:24.
19. Rough; of coarse features; as a hard face or countenance.
20. Austere; severe; rigorous.
21. Rude; unpolished or unintelligible.
A people of hard language. Ezekiel 3:5.
22. Coarse; unpalatable or scanty; as hard fare.
H'ARD, adverb Close; near; as in the phrase, hard by. In this phrase, the word retains its original sense of pressed, or pressing.
[Latin pressus.]
1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; laboriously; earnestly; vehemently; importunately; as, to work hard for a living.
And pray'd so hard for mercy from the prince.
2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard
3. Uneasily; vexatiously.
4. Closely; so as to raise difficulties.
The question is hard set.
5. Fast; nimbly; rapidly; vehemently; as, to run hard that is, with pressure or urgency.
6. Violently; with great force; tempestuously; as, the wind blows hard or it blows hard
7. With violence; with a copious descent of water; as, it rains hard
8. With force; as, to press hard
Hard-a-lee, in seamen's language, an order to put the helm close to the lee side of the ship, to tack or keep her head to the wind; also, that situation of the helm.
Hard-a-weather, an order to put the helm close to the weather or windward side of the ship; also, that position of the helm.
Hard-a-port, an order to put the helm close to the larboard side of a ship.
Hard-a-starboard, an order to put the helm close to the starboard side of a ship.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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