To rebel
סָרַרStrong’s H5637sarar (sa-rar)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sarar is the Hebrew word usually translated “stubborn”, “rebellious” and “rebels”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.”
Meaning
- To rebel, be stubborn, be rebellious, be refractory(Qal)
How it's translated
- stubborn 7
- rebellious 5
- rebels 2
- the rebellious 1
- and rebellious 1
- it is stubborn 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Hosea 2
- Nehemiah 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
- Deuteronomy 21:20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
- Nehemiah 9:29And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Psalms 66:7He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
- Psalms 68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
- Psalms 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Hebrew dictionary
סָרַר sarar · to rebel
1) to rebel, be stubborn, be rebellious, be refractory 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be stubborn 1a2) stubborn, rebel (subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rebel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REB'EL, noun
[Latin rebellis, making war again.]
- One who revolts from the government to which he owes allegiance, either by openly renouncing the authority of that government, or by taking arms and openly opposing it. Numbers 17:10
- One who willfully violates a law.
- One who disobeys the king's proclamation; a contemner of the king's laws.
- A villain who disobeys his lord.
All definitions and other forms of “rebel”
REB'EL, adjective
Rebellious; acting in revolt.
REBEL', verb intransitive
[Latin rebello, to make war again; re and bello.]
- To revolt; to renounce the authority of the laws and government to which one owes allegiance.“Ye have built you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord” Joshua 22:16
- To rise in violent opposition against 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.