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Greek

1422b. duskolos -- hard to satisfy with food, hence generally hard ...
... 1422a, 1422b. duskolos. 1423 . hard to satisfy with food, hence generally hard
to please, difficult. Transliteration: duskolos Short Definition: hard. ...
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1422. duskolos -- a sinking, setting.
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: duskolos Phonetic Spelling:
(doo'-kol-os) Short Definition: difficult Definition: difficult, hard; of persons: ...
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5467. chalepos -- hard (to do or bear)
... 5467 (an adjective, derived from , "to oppress, annoy," J. Thayer) -- properly,
irksomely hard to bear (); difficult to cope with because so harsh (even ...
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1419. dusbastaktos -- hard to be borne, oppressive
... to be borne, oppressive. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dusbastaktos
Phonetic Spelling: (doos-bas'-tak-tos) Short Definition: difficult to carry ...
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1421. dusermeneutos -- hard of interpretation
... of interpretation. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dusermeneutos Phonetic
Spelling: (doos-er-mane'-yoo-tos) Short Definition: difficult to interpret ...
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1425. dusnoetos -- hard to understand
... 1425 (an adjective, derived from 1418 , "difficult" and , "understanding," see 3539 ) --
properly, hard-to-understand; to grasp; hard to mentally , ie what is ...
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3629. oiktirmon -- merciful
... express visceral-compassions") -- compassionate, experiencing deep pity (lamentation)
as for people who look to Him for help in their difficult situations. ...
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4239. praus -- meekness
... This difficult-to-translate root () means "meek." meekness is but rather refers
to exercising under -- ie demonstrating power without undue harshness. ...
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4642. skleros -- hard, rough
... Word Origin from skello (to dry) Definition hard, rough NASB Word Usage difficult
(1), hard (2), harsh things (1), strong (1). fierce, hard. ...
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4928. sunoche -- a holding together, fig. distress
... 4928 (from 4912, see there) -- properly, something held together in close ("hard")
tension; (figuratively) tension from difficult circumstances that "won't move ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3358. yaqqir -- honorable, difficult
... 3357, 3358. yaqqir. 3359 . honorable, difficult. Transliteration: yaqqir
Phonetic Spelling: (yak-keer') Short Definition: difficult. ...
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6381. pala -- to be surpassing or extraordinary
... verb from pele Definition to be surpassing or extraordinary NASB Word Usage bring
extraordinary (1), deal marvelously (1), difficult (5), extraordinary degree ...
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3515. kabed -- heavy
... Word Origin from kabad Definition heavy NASB Word Usage burdensome (1), difficult
(2), great (4), grievous (1), heavier (1), heavy (11), huge (1), large (4 ...
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7001. qetar -- a joint, knot
... Word Origin (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to qatar Definition a joint, knot
NASB Word Usage difficult problems (2), joints (1). doubt, joint. ...
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7186. qasheh -- hard, severe
... Word Origin from qashah Definition hard, severe NASB Word Usage cruel (2), difficult
(2), fierce (2), hard (5), hardship (1), harsh (4), harshly (5), heavier (1 ...
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2420. chidah -- a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or ...
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying
or question NASB Word Usage dark sayings (2), difficult questions (2 ...
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Library

A Difficult Crossing
... Chapter 13. Wesley in Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for
Methodists"; Exhausting Days; Whitefield A Difficult Crossing. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/a difficult crossing.htm

It is Difficult to Treat of the virtue of the Soul...
... Section 1. It is difficult to treat of the virtue of the soul� 1. It is
difficult to treat of the virtue of the soul, which is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on continence/section 1 it is difficult.htm

How Difficult it is to Demonstrate the Trinity by Natural Reason.
... Book XV. Chapter 5."How Difficult It is to Demonstrate the Trinity by
Natural Reason. 7. But all that I have said, and whatever ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 5 how difficult it is.htm

It was a Difficult Matter to Persuade Me that the Tinseled Ware ...
... THE THIRD CENTURY 9 It was a difficult matter to persuade me that the tinseled
ware upon a hobby-horse was a fine thing. It was a ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/9 it was a difficult.htm

But if it Seems Difficult for You to Understand This...
... 19 But if it seems difficult for you to understand this� But if it seems
difficult for you to understand this, and if you do not ...
/.../the acts of the disputation with the heresiarch manes/19 but if it seems.htm

The Discovery of Truth is Difficult, but God Has Promised that He ...
... Book XII. Chapter I ."The Discovery of Truth is Difficult, But God Has
Promised that He Who Seeks Shall Find. 1. My heart, O Lord ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter i the discovery of.htm

It is Difficult to Decide Whether the Sins of a Man's Other ...
... Chapter 47."It is Difficult to Decide Whether the Sins of a Man's Other
Progenitors are Imputed to Him. But about the sins of ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 47 it is difficult to.htm

Here Again Arises a Very Difficult Question. For in what Way Shall ...
... Section 28. Here again arises a very difficult question. For in what way shall
we fools� 28. Here again arises a very difficult question. ...
/.../augustine/on the profit of believing /section 28 here again arises.htm

But Nothing was Difficult to them with whom it was Lawful to ...
... Section X. But nothing was difficult to them with whom it was lawful to
celebrate the Passover� But nothing was difficult to them ...
/.../the paschal canon of anatolius of alexandria/section x but nothing was.htm

The Common Error which Makes it Difficult to Believe all the World ...
... THE FIRST CENTURY 36 The common error which makes it difficult to believe
all the World to be wholly ours. The common error which ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/36 the common error which.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

2. (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.

3. (v. t.) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.

Thesaurus

Difficult (31 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn;
as, a difficult person. 3. (vt) To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. ...
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Difficulty (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed
to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a ...
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Mystery (31 Occurrences)
... Eleusinian mysteries. 3. (n.) The consecrated elements in the Eucharist.
4. (a.) Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma. 5. (n ...
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Judicial (2 Occurrences)
... These magistrates settled ordinary disputes while he reserved for himself
the more difficult cases. After the conquest of Canaan ...
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Burden (111 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) A load of any kind (Exodus 23:5). (2.) A severe
task (Exodus 2:11). (3.) A difficult duty, requiring effort (Exodus 18:22). ...
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Urim (8 Occurrences)
... and Thummim in the days of the later kings (compare, however, Hosea 3:4; Ecclesiasticus
33:3). Still, in post-exilic times we find the difficult question of ...
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Thummim (6 Occurrences)
... and Thummim in the days of the later kings (compare, however, Hosea 3:4; Ecclesiasticus
33:3). Still, in post-exilic times we find the difficult question of ...
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Titus (15 Occurrences)
... sent to the East. If Manius is not altogether a fabrication, it is difficult
to decide exactly who he is. The reading fluctuates ...
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Lignaloes
... The most difficult mention of aloes is the earliest where (Numbers 24:5, 6) Balaam
in his blessing on Israel exclaims-"How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy ...
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Dilemma (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every
side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious ...
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Bible Concordance

Difficult (31 Occurrences)

Mark 10:23 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!"
(WEB DBY)

Mark 10:24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. And Jesus again answering says to them, Children, how difficult it is that those who trust in riches should enter into the kingdom of God!
(DBY)

Luke 11:46 He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
(WEB)

John 6:60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"
(See NAS)

Acts 15:19 "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
(See NIV)

2 Timothy 3:1 But this know, that in the last days difficult times shall be there;
(DBY NAS)

Hebrews 5:11 Concerning Him we have much to say, and much that it would be difficult to make clear to you, since you have become so dull of apprehension.
(WEY)

1 Peter 4:18 And if it is difficult even for a righteous man to be saved, what will become of irreligious men and sinners?
(WEY DBY NAS)

Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
(See NAS)

Genesis 47:9 Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
(See NIV)

Exodus 18:22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
(See NIV)

Exodus 18:26 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 27:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them,'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 17:8 If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 30:11 For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 3:39 I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness."
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed difficult for Amnon to do the least thing to her.
(DBY)

1 Kings 10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
(See NAS)

Psalms 131:1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
(WEB)

Jeremiah 32:17 Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
(WEB ASV)

Ezekiel 3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, but to the house of Israel;
(DBY NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 3:6 not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee?
(DBY NAS NIV)

Daniel 2:11 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 4:9 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
(See RSV NIV)

Daniel 5:12 because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
(See NAS NIV)

Daniel 5:16 But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
(See NAS NIV)

Zechariah 8:6 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Difficult

Related Terms

Difficulty (12 Occurrences)

Mystery (31 Occurrences)

Judicial (2 Occurrences)

Burden (111 Occurrences)

Urim (8 Occurrences)

Thummim (6 Occurrences)

Titus (15 Occurrences)

Lignaloes

Dilemma (1 Occurrence)