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Harden not (μὴ σκληρύνητε)
In N.T. mostly in this epistle. Comp. Act 19:9; Rom 9:18, see note. The group of kindred words consists of σκληρός hard (see on Mat 25:24; see on Jud 1:14); σκλψρότης hardness (Rom 2:5); σκληρύνειν to harden (Act 19:9; Rom 9:18); and the compounds σκληροκαρδία hardness of heart (Mat 19:8; Mar 10:5), and σκληροτράχηλος stiff-necked (Act 7:5). All occur in lxx, with the addition of σκληρῶς hardly, painfully (not in N.T.).
In the provocation (ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ)
Only here and Heb 3:15. In lxx only Psa 94:8. The verb παραπικραίνεινto provoke, only in Heb 3:16. Often in lxx. The simple verb πικραίνειν to make bitter, Col 3:19; Rev 8:11; Rev 10:9, Rev 10:10. From πικρός bitter, pungent: hence to stir up to bitterness, to irritate. Comp. lxx Eze 2:4.
In the day (κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν)
Κατὰ in a temporal sense, as Act 12:1; Act 19:23; Act 27:27. Comp. κατ' ἀρχάς in the beginning, Heb 1:10.
Of temptation (τοῦ πειρασμοῦ)
Rend. “of the temptation,” referring to a definite event, the murmuring against Moses at Rephidim on account of the lack of water, Exo 17:1-7. In that passage the lxx gives for the two proper names Massah and Meribah, πειρασμὸς temptation, which is correct, and λοιδόρησις railing or reviling, which is loose, since Meribah signifies strife. In Psalm 94, lxx renders Meribah παραπικρασμός provocation, which is inexact, and Massah πειρασμὸς temptation, which is correct.