verstocken

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ Stock +‎ -en

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Verb

verstocken (weak, third-person singular present verstockt, past tense verstockte, past participle verstockt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to harden
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Exodus 4:21 (with KJV translation)
      Und der HERR sprach zu Mose: Siehe zu, wenn du wieder nach Ägypten kommst, daß du alle Wunder tust vor Pharao, die ich dir in deine Hand gegeben habe; aber ich will sein Herz verstocken, daß er das Volk nicht lassen wird.
      And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

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