Stubborn
סַרStrong’s H5620sar
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sar is the Hebrew word usually translated “sullen”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.”
Meaning
- Stubborn, implacable, rebellious, resentful, sullen
How it's translated
- sullen 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 21:4And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
- 1 Kings 21:5But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
Hebrew dictionary
סַר sar · stubborn
stubborn, implacable, rebellious, resentful, sullen
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stubborn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STUBBORN, adjective
[This word is doubtless formed on the root of stub or stiff, and denotes fixed, firm. But the origin of the latter syllable is not obvious.
- Unreasonably obstinate; inflexibly fixed in opinion; not to be moved or persuaded by reasons; inflexible; as a stubborn son; a stubborn mind or soul.
- Persevering; persisting; steady; constant; as stubborn attention.
- Stiff; not flexible; as a stubborn bow.
- Hardy; firm; enduring without complaint; as stubborn Stoics.
All definitions
- Harsh; rough; rugged. [Little used.]
- Refractory; not easily melted or worked; as a stubborn ore or metal.
- Refractory; obstinately resisting command, the goad or the whip; as a stubborn ass or horse.
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.