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Old Testament character with hardened heart (4)

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I believe the answer is:

seth

'old testament character' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with hardened heart' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hardened' becomes 'set' (synonyms).
'heart' becomes 'h' (card game abbreviation).
'set'+'h' is 'SETH'.

(Other definitions for seth that I've seen before include "Third son of Adam and Eve" , "A Starkadder" , "said to sound archaic" , "Boy's name" , "Adam and Eve's third son" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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