Reference: Hard
Hastings
Besides other meanings which are still in use, 'hard' sometimes means close: Jg 9:52 'And Abimelech
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And Sarai said unto Abram, The wrong done to me be upon you: I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and you.
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh refused to let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went near unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And, lo, a spirit takes him, and he suddenly cries out; and it convulses him so that he foams again, and bruising him seldom departs from him.
And he departed from there, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
And, with difficulty passing it, came unto a place which is called The Fair Havens; near to which was the city of Lasea.
You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
By which are given unto us exceedingly great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.