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H8307 שְׁרִירוּת (shᵉrîyrûwth) sher-ee-rooth'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

stubbornness

Strong's Definition

obstinacy

Derivation: from H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of twisted, i.e. firm;

KJV Usage: imagination, lust.

TWOT Reference: 2469d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) stubbornness, hardness, firmness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁרִירוּת (she.ri.rut) — stubbornness. stubbornness, hardness, firmness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f

Unwilling

Collocation: שְׁרִרוּת לֵב

stubbornness of (one's) heart literally: stubbornness of heart; hence: = state in which humans are unwilling to accept someone else's authority and insist on following their own thinking

DEU 29:18 · PSA 81:13 · JER 3:17 · JER 7:24 · JER 9:13 · JER 11:8 · JER 13:10 · JER 16:12 · JER 18:12 · JER 23:17

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁרִירוּת, usu. שְׁרִרוּת n.f. firmness, always = stubbornness base

Bible Occurrences (10)

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