Bible Dictionary: Callous

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Hardened; indurated.

2. (a.) Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.

Greek

4457. porosis -- a covering with a callous, fig. blindness
... 4456, 4457. porosis. 4458 . a covering with a callous, fig. ... See 4456 (). Word
Origin from poroo Definition a covering with a callous, fig. ...
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4456. poroo -- to petrify, ie to harden
... to petrify, ie to harden. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: poroo Phonetic Spelling:
(po-ro'-o) Short Definition: I harden, render callous Definition: I ...
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524. apalgeo -- to cease to feel pain for
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apalgeo Phonetic Spelling: (ap-alg-eh'-o) Short
Definition: I am past feeling, cease to care, become callous Definition: (lit ...
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5005. talaiporos -- distressed, miserable
... 5005 (an adjective, derived from , "to bear, undergo" and , "a callous," J. Thayer) --
properly, (beaten-down) from continued strain, leaving a person ...
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3975. pachuno -- to thicken, to fatten, fig. to make dull
... become dull. From a derivative of pegnumi (meaning thick); to thicken, ie (by
implication) to fatten (figuratively, stupefy or render callous) -- wax gross. ...
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Library

The Shameful Sufferer
... We find that death itself has often been preferable in the minds of men to shame;
and even the most wicked and callous-hearted have dreaded the shame and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the shameful sufferer.htm

Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts
... But when men are put to pick oakum, or break stones, or do other rough work, their
hands become hard and callous: even so is it with the heart, which ought to ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/jesus angry with hard hearts.htm

Distinguishing Grace
... promise. Yet what maketh us to differ? Why is it that I this day am not sitting
down a callous hearer, hardened under the gospel? Why ...
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Missed Ends
... its strings drawn tight. But the women outside cared nothing at all. It
was strange to see how callous they were. It was not their ...
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Impressive Phrases
... O. obdurate, unfeeling, callous, and obstinate. ... unkind, severe, oppressive,
and callous. unpractical, childish, slipshod, and silly. ...
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The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple
... He who thinks lightly of the Savior thinks so much the less of the evil of sin;
and, consequently, he becomes callous as to the past, careless as to the present ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/the glorious master and the.htm

Significant Phrases
... bungling and trifling. businesslike and practicable. bustle and business. C. cajoled
and bullied. calamity and sorrow. callous and impervious. calmness and composure ...
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Literary Expressions
... A burlesque feint of evading a blow. A callous and conscienceless brute. A calm
and premeditated prudence. A calmness settled on his spirit. ...
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"I Will Give You Rest. "
... Those in whom the heart is simply one of the largest valves are undisturbed, because
they are callous; but the sensitive, the generous, the unselfish, are ...
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The Young Titus
... Dumb and callous as beasts to the blows and commands of the sentries there mounted,
the citizens clambered up on the fortifications and, with their chins on ...
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Thesaurus

Callous (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Callous (6 Occurrences). ... Acts 28:27 For this people's
heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. ...
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Calloused (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Unfeeling (2 Occurrences)
... Unfeeling (2 Occurrences). Psalms 17:10 They close up their callous hearts. ... Psalms
119:70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law. ...
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Grown (77 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Dull (16 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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People's (37 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Closed (47 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Scarcely (14 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Otherwise (78 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of
hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with ...
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Minds (137 Occurrences)
... John 12:40 "He has blinded their eyes and made their minds callous, lest they should
see with their eyes and perceive with their minds, and should turn, and I ...
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Bible Concordance

Callous (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'
(WEB NIV)

John 12:40 "He has blinded their eyes and made their minds callous, lest they should see with their eyes and perceive with their minds, and should turn, and I should heal them."
(WEY)

Acts 28:27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.'
(WEB WEY NIV)

Ephesians 4:19 who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Psalms 17:10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 119:70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Callous

Related Terms

Calloused (3 Occurrences)

Unfeeling (2 Occurrences)

Grown (77 Occurrences)

Dull (16 Occurrences)

People's (37 Occurrences)

Closed (47 Occurrences)