Lexical 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)) |