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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1422. δύσκολος (duskolos) -- Difficult, hard, troublesome</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1422.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_corinthians/4-4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1422.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1422</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1421.htm" title="1421">◄</a> 1422. duskolos <a href="../greek/1422a.htm" title="1422a">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">duskolos: Difficult, hard, troublesome</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">δυσκόλος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>duskolos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>doos'-ko-los<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(doo'-kol-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Difficult, hard, troublesome<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>difficult, hard; of persons: hard to please.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From δυσ- (dus-, meaning "hard" or "difficult") and κολεός (koleos, meaning "sheath" or "covering")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "duskolos," the concept of difficulty or hardship can be found in Hebrew words such as קָשֶׁה (qasheh, Strong's H7185), meaning "hard" or "stiff," often used to describe stubbornness or difficult circumstances.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek word "duskolos" is used to describe something that is difficult or hard to endure. It conveys the idea of something that is challenging or troublesome, often in the context of human behavior or circumstances that are hard to manage or overcome.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of something being "duskolos" would have been understood in the context of life's challenges and the human condition. The term could be applied to people, situations, or tasks that were seen as particularly arduous or demanding. In a biblical context, it often reflects the moral and spiritual challenges faced by individuals in their walk with God.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1422</b> <i>dýskolos</i> (an adjective, derived from <a href="/greek/1418.htm">1418</a> <i>/dys-</i>, "difficult" and <i>kolon</i>, "food") – properly, difficult (problematic) to digest; (figuratively) <i>disagreeable</i>, like when food "doesn't go down well." It is used only in Mk 10:24.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1422: δύσκολος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">δύσκολος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">δύσκολόν</span> (<span class="greek2">κόλον</span>, food); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> properly, <span class="accented">hard to find agreeable food for, fastidious about food.</span> <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">difficult to please, always finding fault</span>; (<span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, others). <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> universally, <span class="accented">difficult</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, oec. 15, 10 <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">γεωργία</span> <span class="greek2">δύσκολος</span> <span class="greek2">ἐστι</span> <span class="greek2">μαθεῖν</span>): <span class="greek2">πῶς</span> <span class="greek2">δύσκολόν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐστι</span>, followed by an accusative with an infinitive, <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-24.htm">Mark 10:24</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>difficult<p>From <a href="/greek/1418.htm">dus-</a> and kolon (food); properly, fastidious about eating (peevish), i.e. (genitive case) impracticable -- hard. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1418.htm">dus-</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>δύσκολα δυσκολον δύσκολόν duskolon dyskolon dýskolón<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/10-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular">Adj-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Τέκνα πῶς <b>δύσκολόν</b> ἐστιν εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> how <span class="itali">hard</span> it is to enter<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> how <span class="itali">hard</span> is it<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Children how <span class="itali">difficult</span> it is into<p><b><a href="/greek/1422.htm">Strong's Greek 1422</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1422.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/duskolon_1422.htm">δύσκολόν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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