Reference: Hard
Hastings
Besides other meanings which are still in use, 'hard' sometimes means close: Jg 9:52 'And Abimelech
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Then said Jesus to his disciples, Verily I say to you, a rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out, and it teareth him, that he foameth, and bruising him, hardly departeth from him.
And going thence, he went into the house of one named Justus, one that worshiped God, whose house was adjoining to the synagogue.
And passing it with difficulty, we came to the Fair Havens, near which was the city Lasea.
Thou therefore endure affliction, is a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
By which he hath given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these, having escaped the corruption which is in the world thro' desire, ye may become partakers of the divine nature: