What does δυσκόλως (dyskólōs) mean in the Bible?
δυσκόλως (dyskólōs): Expresses the practical difficulty or hardship of accomplishing something, not mere impossibility.
Greek · G1423
δυσκόλως
Impracticably
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δυσκόλωςG1423
Pronunciationdyskólōs
What does δυσκόλως (dyskólōs) mean in the Bible?
δυσκόλως (dyskólōs): Expresses the practical difficulty or hardship of accomplishing something, not mere impossibility.
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How does the BSB render G1423?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hard [it is] (1), hard {it is} (1), it is hard for (1).
Where does δυσκόλως (dyskólōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 19:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ithard [it is]1×Luke 18:24
hard {it is}1×Mark 10:23
it is hard for1×Matthew 19:23
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 19:23
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Luke1
Source forms
δυσκόλως3xdyskolōsMatthew 19:23, Mark 10:23, Luke 18:24
Parsing patterns
Adverb3xMatthew 19:23, Mark 10:23, Luke 18:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Expresses the practical difficulty or hardship of accomplishing something, not mere impossibility.
Strong'sG1423
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
impracticably
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 19:23Adverb
δυσκόλωςduskolwv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verseMark 10:23Adverb
δυσκόλωςduskolwv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verseLuke 18:24Adverb
δυσκόλωςduskolwv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms3
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 19:23 · Mark 10:23 · Luke 18:243×
Word Origins
δυσκόλως is built from this root:
δύσκολοςG1422