Reference: Hard
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Besides other meanings which are still in use, 'hard' sometimes means close: Jg 9:52 'And Abimelech
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And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon thee. I gave my handmaid into they bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. LORD judge between me and thee.
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to LORD all that opens the womb, being
And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.
My soul follows close after thee. Thy right hand upholds me,
And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens difficultly.
And lo, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him with foaming. And it departs from him difficultly, injuring him.
And having departed from there, he went into the house of a certain man named Justus, who worships God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue.
And sailing by it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was Lasea City.
Thou therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Because of which, the precious and greatest promises have been given to us, so that through these ye might become companions of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in lust.