King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1425
Transliteration: dysnoētos
Phonetic Spelling: (doos-no'-ay-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: hard to understand
Meaning: hard to understand
δυσνόητος, δυσνοητον (νοέω, hard to be understood: 2 Peter 3:16. (χρησμός, Lucian, Alex. 54; (Diogenes Laërtius 9, 13 δυσνοητον τέ καί δυσεξηγητον; (Aristotle, plant. 1, 1, p. 816{a}, 3).)
Word Summary
dysnoētos: hard to understand
Original Word: δυσνόητοςTransliteration: dysnoētos
Phonetic Spelling: (doos-no'-ay-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: hard to understand
Meaning: hard to understand
Strong's Concordance
hard to understandFrom dus- and a derivative of noieo; difficult of perception -- hard to be understood.
see GREEK dus-
see GREEK noieo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1425: δυσνόητοςδυσνόητος, δυσνοητον (νοέω, hard to be understood: 2 Peter 3:16. (χρησμός, Lucian, Alex. 54; (Diogenes Laërtius 9, 13 δυσνοητον τέ καί δυσεξηγητον; (Aristotle, plant. 1, 1, p. 816{a}, 3).)
STRONGS NT 1425a: δυσφημέωδυσφημέω, δυσφήμω: (present passive δυσφημοῦμαι); (δύσφημος); to use ill words, defame; passive robe defamed, 1 Corinthians 4:13 T WH Tr marginal reading (1 Macc. 7:41; in Greek writings from Aeschylus Agam. 1078 down.)