סָרַר
sārar
be stubborn
Strong's H5637VerbHebrewTWOT 1549

סָרַר (sārar) is a Hebrew verb meaning be stubborn. It appears 17 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5637).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1549)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1549)be stubborn, rebellious; turn, be refractory; backsliding, revolter, revoltering, slide back, withdrew
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סָרַר verb: be stubborn, rebellious

Strong's H5637 סָרַר: to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
KJV:× away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 21:18Psalms 66:7Proverbs 7:11

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