CINXE.COM
Topical Bible: Hardly
<!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=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Hardly</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/h/hardly.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.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="/topical/vmenus/matthew/13-15.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/bmcde/h/hardly.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="/topical/">Topical</a> > Hardly</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="/topical/h/hardiness.htm" title="Hardiness">◄</a> Hardly <a href="/topical/h/hardness.htm" title="Hardness">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The term "hardly" is not frequently used in the Bible, but it conveys a sense of difficulty, improbability, or challenge when it does appear. In the context of Scripture, it often underscores the challenges faced by individuals in their spiritual journey or the difficulty of certain tasks or conditions.<br><br><b>Biblical Usage and Context</b><br><br>1. <b>Difficulty in Entering the Kingdom of God</b>: One of the most notable uses of the concept of "hardly" is found in the teachings of Jesus regarding wealth and the Kingdom of God. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus remarks on the difficulty for the rich to enter the Kingdom: "Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" (<a href="/luke/18-25.htm">Luke 18:25</a>). This hyperbolic statement emphasizes the spiritual challenges that wealth can pose, suggesting that reliance on material riches can hinder one's spiritual progress and dependence on God.<br><br>2. <b>Human Limitations and Divine Possibility</b>: The notion of "hardly" also highlights human limitations contrasted with divine possibilities. In the same passage in Luke, when the disciples express astonishment at Jesus' teaching about wealth, He responds, "What is impossible with man is possible with God" (<a href="/luke/18-27.htm">Luke 18:27</a>). This underscores the belief that while certain things may seem difficult or improbable from a human perspective, they are achievable through divine intervention and grace.<br><br>3. <b>Moral and Ethical Challenges</b>: The concept of "hardly" can also be applied to the moral and ethical challenges faced by believers. The Apostle Paul, in his letters, often speaks of the struggle against sin and the difficulty of living a life that is pleasing to God. For instance, in <a href="/romans/7-15.htm">Romans 7:15</a>, Paul candidly shares his personal struggle: "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do" . This passage reflects the internal conflict and the arduous nature of striving for holiness in a fallen world.<br><br>4. <b>Perseverance in Faith</b>: The challenges implied by "hardly" also call for perseverance and steadfastness in faith. The Epistle to the Hebrews encourages believers to endure hardships as discipline, viewing them as opportunities for growth and maturity in faith: "No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it" (<a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">Hebrews 12:11</a>). This perspective encourages believers to view difficulties as part of their spiritual development.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>The use of "hardly" in Scripture serves as a reminder of the inherent challenges in the Christian life. It calls believers to recognize their dependence on God's grace and power to overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable by human effort alone. The term also invites reflection on the priorities and attachments that may hinder one's relationship with God, urging a focus on spiritual rather than material wealth.<br><br>In summary, while the term "hardly" may not appear frequently in the biblical text, its implications are profound, touching on themes of difficulty, divine possibility, moral struggle, and the necessity of perseverance in the life of faith.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>adv.</I>) In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.<p>2. (<I>adv.</I>) Unwillingly; grudgingly.<p>3. (<I>adv.</I>) Scarcely; barely; not quite; not wholly.<p>4. (<I>adv.</I>) Severely; harshly; roughly.<p>5. (<I>adv.</I>) Confidently; hardily.<p>6. (<I>adv.</I>) Certainly; surely; indeed.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">HARD; HARDINESS; HARDDINESS; HARDLY</span><p>hard, har'-di-nes, hard'-nes, hard'-li (qasheh, pala'; skleros): The senses in which hard is used may be distinguished as:<br><br>(1) "Firm," "stiff," opposite to soft: <a href="/job/41-24.htm">Job 41:24</a>, yatsaq, "to be firm," "his heart. as hard as a piece of the nether millstone," the Revised Version (British and American) "firm"; <a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7</a>, qasheh, "sharp," "hard of heart"; chazaq, "firm," "As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead"; <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a>, "They have made their faces harder than a rock"; <a href="/proverbs/21-29.htm">Proverbs 21:29</a>, `azaz, "to make strong," "hard," "impudent," "a wicked man hardeneth his face"; <a href="/proverbs/13-15.htm">Proverbs 13:15</a> probably belongs here also where 'ethan is translated "hard": "The way of the transgressor is hard," the English Revised Version "The way of the treacherous is rugged"; the Hebrew word means, "lasting," "firm," poet. "rocks" (the earth's foundations, <a href="/micah/6-2.htm">Micah 6:2</a>), and the meaning seems to be, not that the way (path) of transgressors, or the treacherous (Delitzsch has "uncultivated"), is hard (rocky) to them, but that their way, or mode of acting, is hard, unsympathetic, unkind, "destitute of feeling in things which, as we say, would soften a stone" (Delitzsch on passage); also <a href="/matthew/25-24.htm">Matthew 25:24</a>, skleros, "stiff," "thou art a hard man"; The Wisdom of Solomon 11:4, skleros, "hard stone," the Revised Version (British and American) "flinty rock," margin "the steep rock."<br><br>(2) "Sore," "trying," "painful," qasheh (<a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a>, "hard service"; <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy.htm">Deuteronomy, 26:6</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm">2 Samuel 3:39</a> <a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Isaiah 14:3</a>); qashah "to have it hard" (<a href="/genesis/35-16.htm">Genesis 35:16, 17</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-18.htm">Deuteronomy 15:18</a>); `athaq, "stiff" (<a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Psalm 94:4</a> the King James Version, "They utter and speak hard things"); skleros (<a href="/john/6-60.htm">John 6:60</a>, "This is a hard saying"-hard to accept, hard in its nature; <a href="/acts/9-5.htm">Acts 9:5</a> the King James Version; <a href="/acts/26-14.htm">Acts 26:14</a> <a href="/jude/1-15.htm">Jude 1:15</a>, "hard speeches"; The Wisdom of Solomon 19:13).<br><br>(3) "Heavy," "pressing hard," kabhedh, "weighty" (<a href="/ezekiel/3-5.htm">Ezekiel 3:5, 6</a>, "a people of a strange speech and of a hard language," the Revised Version margin (Hebrew) "deep of lip and heavy of tongue"); camakh, "to lay" (<a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Psalm 88:7</a>, "Thy wrath lieth hard upon me").<br><br>(4) "Difficult," "hard to do," "know," etc., pala', "difficult to be done" (<a href="/genesis/18-14.htm">Genesis 18:14</a>, "Is anything too hard for Yahweh?"; <a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Jeremiah 32:17, 27</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Deuteronomy 17:8</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-2.htm">2 Samuel 13:2</a>); qasheh (<a href="/exodus/18-26.htm">Exodus 18:26</a>, "hard causes"); qashah (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-17.htm">Deuteronomy 1:17</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-10.htm">2 Kings 2:10</a>); chidhah, "something twisted," "involved," "an enigma"; compare <a href="/judges/14-14.htm">Judges 14:14</a> (<a href="/1_kings/10-1.htm">1 Kings 10:1</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-1.htm">2 Chronicles 9:1</a>, "to prove Solomon with hard questions"); 'ahidhan, Aramaic (<a href="/daniel/5-12.htm">Daniel 5:12</a>); duskolos, literally, "difficult about food," "hard to please," hence, "difficult to accomplish" (<a href="/mark/10-24.htm">Mark 10:24</a>, "How hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God"); dusnoetos, "hard to be understood" (<a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Hebrews 5:11</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-16.htm">2 Peter 3:16</a>; compare Ecclesiasticus 3:21, "things too hard for thee," chalepos).<br><br>(5) "Close," or "near to" (hard by), naghash, "to come nigh" (<a href="/judges/9-52.htm">Judges 9:52</a>, the American Standard Revised Version "near"); dabhaq and dabheq, "to follow hard after" (<a href="/judges/20-45.htm">Judges 20:45</a> <a href="/psalms/63-8.htm">Psalm 63:8</a>, etc.); 'etsel, "near" (<a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm">1 Kings 21:1</a>); le'ummath, "over against" (<a href="/leviticus/3-9.htm">Leviticus 3:9</a>); `adh, "to" "even to" (<a href="/1_chronicles/19-4.htm">1 Chronicles 19:4</a>, the King James Version "hard by," the Revised Version (British and American) "even to").<br><br>Hardiness occurs in Judith 16:10 thrasos, the Revised Version (British and American) "boldness."<br><br>Hardness is the translation of mutsaq, "something poured out," "dust wetted," "running into clods" (<a href="/job/38-38.htm">Job 38:38</a>), the Revised Version (British and American) "runneth into a mass"; "hardness of heart" occurs in the Gospels; in <a href="/mark/3-5.htm">Mark 3:5</a>, it is porosis, "hardness," "callousness"; <a href="/matthew/19-8.htm">Matthew 19:8</a> <a href="/mark/10-5.htm">Mark 10:5</a>; <a href="/mark/16-14.htm">Mark 16:14</a>, sklerokardia, "dryness," "stiffness of heart"; compare Ecclesiasticus 16:10; in <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a>, it is sklerotes; in <a href="/2_timothy/2-3.htm">2 Timothy 2:3</a> the King James Version we have, "Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ," the Revised Version (British and American) "Suffer hardship with me" (corrected text), margin "Take thy part in suffering hardship" (kakopatheo, "to suffer evil").<br><br>Hardly occurs in the Old Testament (<a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Exodus 13:15</a>), "Pharaoh would hardly let us go," qashah, literally, "hardened to let us go," the Revised Version margin "hardened himself against letting us go"; "hardly bestead" (<a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Isaiah 8:21</a>) is the translation of qadshah, the American Standard Revised Version "sore distressed." In the New Testament "hardly" is the translation of duskolos, "hard to please," "difficult," meaning not scarcely or barely, but with difficulty (<a href="/matthew/19-23.htm">Matthew 19:23</a>, "A rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven," the Revised Version (British and American) "it is hard for"; <a href="/mark/10-23.htm">Mark 10:23</a> <a href="/luke/18-24.htm">Luke 18:24</a>, "how hardly" ("with what difficulty")); of mogis, "with labor," "pain," "trouble" (<a href="/luke/9-39.htm">Luke 9:39</a>, "hardly departeth from him" ("painfully")); of molis "with toil and fatigue" (<a href="/acts/27-8.htm">Acts 27:8</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "with difficulty"; The Wisdom of Solomon 9:16, "Hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth"; Ecclesiasticus 26:29, "A merchant shall hardly keep himself from wrong doing"; 29:6, "He shall hardly receive the half," in each instance the word is molis, but in the last two instances we seem to see the transition to "scarcely"; compare also <a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Exodus 13:15</a>).<br><br>The Revised Version has "too hard" for "hidden" (<a href="/deuteronomy/30-11.htm">Deuteronomy 30:11</a>, margin "wonderful"); "hardness" for "boldness" (of face) (<a href="/ecclesiastes/8-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:1</a>); for "sorrow" (<a href="/lamentations/3-65.htm">Lamentations 3:65</a>); "deal hardly with me" for "make yourselves strong to me" (<a href="/job/19-3.htm">Job 19:3</a>); omits "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (<a href="/acts/9-5.htm">Acts 9:5</a>, corrected text); "hardship" for "trouble" (<a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">2 Timothy 2:9</a>).<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><span class="encheading">HARDLY; HARDNESS</span><p>See <a href="../h/hard.htm">HARD</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3425.htm"><span class="l">3425. mogis -- <b>hardly</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 3424, 3425. mogis. 3426 . <b>hardly</b>. <b>...</b> Word Origin another reading for molis, qv.<br> <b>hardly</b>. Adverb from a primary mogos (toil); with difficulty -- <b>hardly</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3425.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1423.htm"><span class="l">1423. duskolos -- with difficulty</span></a> <br><b>...</b> with difficulty. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: duskolos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (doos-kol'-oce) Short Definition: with difficulty, <b>hardly</b> Definition: with <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1423.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3433.htm"><span class="l">3433. molis -- with difficulty</span></a> <br><b>...</b> with difficulty. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: molis Phonetic Spelling:<br> (mol'-is) Short Definition: with difficulty, <b>hardly</b> Definition: with difficulty <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3433.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/182.htm"><span class="l">182. akatastatos -- unstable</span></a> <br><b>...</b> akatastatos Phonetic Spelling: (ak-at-as'-tat-os) Short Definition: unsettled, unstable<br> Definition: unsettled, unstable (though these are <b>hardly</b> strong enough <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/182.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2969.htm"><span class="l">2969. komopolis -- a country town</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2969 (from 2968 , "village, town" and 4172 , "a city") -- a city with (legal) status.<br> A ("village, unwalled town") was <b>hardly</b> a "city" as we know it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2969.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4458.htm"><span class="l">4458. pos -- at all</span></a> <br><b>...</b> at all NASB Word Usage perhaps (4), somehow (3). <b>hardly</b>, by any means,<br> perhaps. Adverb from the base of pou; an enclitic particle <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4458.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3424.htm"><span class="l">3424. mogilalos -- speaking with difficulty</span></a> <br><b>...</b> having an impediment in his speech. From mogis and laleo; <b>hardly</b> talking, ie Dumb<br> (tongue-tied) -- having an impediment in his speech. see GREEK mogis. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3424.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/389.htm"><span class="l">389. ak -- surely, howbeit</span></a><br><b>...</b> derivation, see aken Definition surely, howbeit NASB Word Usage altogether (1),<br> certainly (1), completely (1), exactly (2), except (1), <b>hardly</b>* (1), however (9 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/389.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6031.htm"><span class="l">6031. anah -- to be bowed down or afflicted</span></a><br><b>...</b> or intransitive (in various applications, as follows) -- abase self, afflict(-ion,<br> self), answer (by mistake for anah), chasten self, deal <b>hardly</b> with, defile <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6031.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm"><span class="l">3318. yatsa -- to go or come out</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), go outside (2), go straight (1), goes (10), goes forth (9), going (20), going<br> forth (8), gone (23), gone forth (10), grow (1), grows (1), <b>hardly</b>* (1), has <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3318.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/anti-pelagian_writings/chapter_59_xxxv_the_pelagians_can.htm"><span class="l">The Pelagians Can <b>Hardly</b> Venture to Place Concupiscence in <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter 59 [XXXV.]"The Pelagians Can <b>Hardly</b> Venture to Place<br> Concupiscence in Paradise Before the Commission of Sin. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 59 xxxv the pelagians can.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/20_what_nonsense_is_this.htm"><span class="l">What Nonsense is this Out of which they Fabricate a Charge against <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 20. What nonsense is this out of which they fabricate a charge against me! It seems<br> <b>hardly</b> worth while to notice it. <b>...</b> It seems <b>hardly</b> worth while to notice it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../20 what nonsense is this.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/lxx_third_withdrawal_from_herods_5.htm"><span class="l">Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that it was because the face of Jesus shone with remaining traces of transfiguration<br> glory, as did that of Moses (Exodus 34:29), but this can <b>hardly</b> have been <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxx third withdrawal from herods 5.htm</font><p><a href="/library/murray/absolute_surrender/having_begun_in_the_spirit.htm"><span class="l">"Having Begun in the Spirit"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Now, it is to be feared that there are many Christians who <b>hardly</b> know<br> that when they believed, they received the Holy Spirit. A <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/murray/absolute surrender/having begun in the spirit.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/early_liturgies/introductory_notice_to_the_early.htm"><span class="l">Introductory Notice to the Early Liturgies.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> handled. The liturgiologist finds his researches freshened by etymologies<br> he had <b>hardly</b> thought of, here literally rendered. Of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/early liturgies/introductory notice to the early.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jerram/thoughts_on_a_revelation/section_1_we_may_commence.htm"><span class="l">We May Commence Our Inquiry into the Subject by Noticing...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We can <b>hardly</b> suppose it possible that an Infinite Being, in some sense, as we suppose<br> will be generally allowed, the Governor of the world, should not have an <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jerram/thoughts on a revelation/section 1 we may commence.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/the_apology_of_rufinus.htm"><span class="l">The Apology of Rufinus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Origen which he introduced into this Commentary about the fall of souls out of<br> a previous state of bliss into human bodies are set down with <b>hardly</b> a word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the apology of rufinus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_9_1863/grace_abounding.htm"><span class="l">Grace Abounding</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Some persons are very generous to their own relations, but here, again, they can<br> <b>hardly</b> be said to be free, because the tie of blood constrains them. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/grace abounding.htm</font><p><a href="/library/john/the_adornment_of_the_spritual_marriage/chapter_xxxii_of_four_kinds.htm"><span class="l">Of Four Kinds of Fever Wherewith a Man May be Tormented</span></a> <br><b>...</b> On all things they will ask advice, but <b>hardly</b> ever do they act upon it. <b>...</b> Others<br> they teach, but will themselves <b>hardly</b> be taught or reproved. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter xxxii of four kinds.htm</font><p><a href="/library/beard/beside_the_still_waters/beside_the_still_waters.htm"><span class="l">Beside the Still Waters.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But we cannot watch the slow upheaval of a long line of coast, where the fisherman<br> <b>hardly</b> knows at the end of a lifetime whether the sea has drawn back or his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../beard/beside the still waters/beside the still waters.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sermon.htm"><span class="l">Sermon (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Moreover, it is <b>hardly</b> probable that such an address of Jesus would be recorded<br> at the time of its delivery or would be remembered in detail. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sermon.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/immortal.htm"><span class="l">Immortal (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The Resurrection (4) The Wicked Also Raised (5) Eternal Life 2. Contrasts LITERATURE<br> 1. Preliminary-Need of Definition and Distinction: In <b>hardly</b> any subject <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/immortal.htm - 33k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/immortality.htm"><span class="l">Immortality (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The Resurrection (4) The Wicked Also Raised (5) Eternal Life 2. Contrasts LITERATURE<br> 1. Preliminary-Need of Definition and Distinction: In <b>hardly</b> any subject <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/immortality.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/malachi.htm"><span class="l">Malachi (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The form mal'akhi, signifies "my messenger"; it occurs again in 3:1; compare 2:7.<br> But this form of itself would <b>hardly</b> be appropriate as a proper name without <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/malachi.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/scarcely.htm"><span class="l">Scarcely (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) With difficulty; <b>hardly</b>; scantly; barely; but<br> just. 2. (adv.) Frugally; penuriously. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/scarcely.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gospels.htm"><span class="l">Gospels</span></a><br><b>...</b> write his Gospel. Whether any of these ante-Lukan documents are among those<br> still known to us is <b>hardly</b> longer doubtful. Scholars of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gospels.htm - 73k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/esdraelon.htm"><span class="l">Esdraelon</span></a><br><b>...</b> soldiers. The fertility of the plain is extraordinary: <b>hardly</b> anywhere<br> can the toil of the husbandman find a greater reward. The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/esdraelon.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/keys.htm"><span class="l">Keys (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The thought connects itself immediately with Matthew 16:19, but it is <b>hardly</b> correct<br> to say that it originates there, for the controversy is one that grows out <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/keys.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jude.htm"><span class="l">Jude (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Romans 1:1 Titus 1:1). Jude 1:17, 18 speaks of the "apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;<br> that they said to you"-language which an apostle would <b>hardly</b> use of his <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jude.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hellenism.htm"><span class="l">Hellenism</span></a><br><b>...</b> When their southward movemerit from Illyria occurred, and by what causes it was<br> brought about, we do not know; but it can <b>hardly</b> have long antedated the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hellenism.htm - 26k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christmas-pagan-holiday.html">Is Christmas a pagan holiday? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/devil-Satan-person.html">Is the devil / Satan a person or a force / personification of evil? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-moral-monster.html">Is God a moral monster? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/hardly.htm">Hardly: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Hardly (26 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a></span><br />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.'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-23.htm">Matthew 19:23</a></span><br />Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> enter into the kingdom of heaven.<br /><span class="source">(KJV YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-32.htm">Mark 7:32</a></span><br />They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-23.htm">Mark 10:23</a></span><br />And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-40.htm">Mark 12:40</a></span><br />Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more <span class="boldtext">hardly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/15-44.htm">Mark 15:44</a></span><br />But Pilate could <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-39.htm">Luke 9:39</a></span><br />Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> departs from him, bruising him severely.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-46.htm">Luke 11:46</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-24.htm">Luke 18:24</a></span><br />And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/2-29.htm">Acts 2:29</a></span><br />"As to the patriarch David, I need <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> remind you, brethren, that he died and was buried, and that we still have his tomb among us.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/14-18.htm">Acts 14:18</a></span><br />Even saying these things, they <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-8.htm">Acts 27:8</a></span><br />And, <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/27-16.htm">Acts 27:16</a></span><br />and having run under a certain little isle, called Clauda, we were <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> able to become masters of the boat,<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/28-27.htm">Acts 28:27</a></span><br />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.'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/5-7.htm">Romans 5:7</a></span><br />For one will <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/3-1.htm">James 3:1</a></span><br />Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> than others.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/16-6.htm">Genesis 16:6</a></span><br />But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> with her, she fled from her face.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/27-30.htm">Genesis 27:30</a></span><br />It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/48-10.htm">Genesis 48:10</a></span><br />Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Exodus 13:15</a></span><br />and it happened, when Pharaoh would <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/20-3.htm">1 Samuel 20:3</a></span><br />David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says,'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/2-12.htm">Job 2:12</a></span><br />When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/19-3.htm">Job 19:3</a></span><br />These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> with me. <br /><span class="source">(ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/39-16.htm">Job 39:16</a></span><br />She dealeth <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, 'she is' without fear;<br /><span class="source">(ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Isaiah 8:21</a></span><br />And they shall pass through it, <span class="boldtext">hardly</span> bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.<br /><span class="source">(KJV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/daniel/10-17.htm">Daniel 10:17</a></span><br />For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/h/hardly.htm">Hardly</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/diamond.htm">Diamond (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/temper.htm">Temper (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rigor.htm">Rigor (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sear.htm">Sear</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rock.htm">Rock (176 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stone.htm">Stone (290 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hardness.htm">Hardness (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hard.htm">Hard (733 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/harddiness.htm">Harddiness</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hardiness.htm">Hardiness</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hardly.htm">Hardly (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/replied.htm">Replied (532 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/harden.htm">Harden (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kishion.htm">Kishion (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/upbraided.htm">Upbraided (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/unrepentant.htm">Unrepentant (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/unbelief.htm">Unbelief (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/obduracy.htm">Obduracy (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/o/opal.htm">Opal (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lack.htm">Lack (86 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/grain.htm">Grain (413 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wrote.htm">Wrote (74 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wives.htm">Wives (159 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/imagination.htm">Imagination (20 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/iron.htm">Iron (104 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/impenitent.htm">Impenitent (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/flint.htm">Flint (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/treasuring.htm">Treasuring (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/treasurest.htm">Treasurest (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rebuked.htm">Rebuked (39 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reproach.htm">Reproach (124 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/revealed.htm">Revealed (129 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/refusal.htm">Refusal (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/reproached.htm">Reproached (27 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eleven.htm">Eleven (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/estranged.htm">Estranged (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/difficulty.htm">Difficulty (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dullness.htm">Dullness (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/manifested.htm">Manifested (48 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mollify.htm">Mollify</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/permitted.htm">Permitted (31 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/precept.htm">Precept (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/proof.htm">Proof (38 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/brazen.htm">Brazen (42 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/believed.htm">Believed (135 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beginning.htm">Beginning (187 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/belief.htm">Belief (61 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beryl.htm">Beryl (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cypress.htm">Cypress (17 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cruelty.htm">Cruelty (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/carbuncle.htm">Carbuncle (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/crystal.htm">Crystal (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/conceited.htm">Conceited (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cake.htm">Cake (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cruel.htm">Cruel (196 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/consideration.htm">Consideration (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/allowed.htm">Allowed (64 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/afterward.htm">Afterward (113 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/abishai.htm">Abishai (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/afterwards.htm">Afterwards (143 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/appeared.htm">Appeared (137 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stones.htm">Stones (244 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stubborn.htm">Stubborn (40 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/stern.htm">Stern (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/steel.htm">Steel (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/suffered.htm">Suffered (88 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/suffer.htm">Suffer (195 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/brass.htm">Brass (168 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nature.htm">Nature (80 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/meat.htm">Meat (387 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/groweth.htm">Groweth (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses (9295 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/believe.htm">Believe (239 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/command.htm">Command (442 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/heart.htm">Heart (1223 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sat.htm">Sat (222 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/risen.htm">Risen (169 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/didn't.htm">Didn't (734 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/azazel.htm">Azazel (3 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/h/hardiness.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hardiness"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hardiness" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/h/hardness.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hardness"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hardness" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>