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Rebellious

מַרְדּוּתStrong’s H4780

mardut (mar-dut)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Mardut is the Hebrew word usually translated “rebelliousness”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?”
1 Samuel 20:30 KJV
Meaning
  1. Rebellion, rebelliousness
How it's translated
  • rebelliousness 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    מַרְדּוּת mardut · rebellious

    rebellion, rebelliousness

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “rebellious” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    REBEL'LIOUS, adjective

    Engaged in rebellion; renouncing the authority and dominion of the government to which allegiance is due; traitorously resisting government or lawful authority.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.