סָרַר
sa.rar
“to rebel”
Definition
to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
a primitive root;
- to rebel, be stubborn, be rebellious, be refractory 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be stubborn 1a2) stubborn, rebel (subst)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
סָרַר appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
For Israel is as obstinateas a stubborn heifer.Can the LORD now shepherd themlike lambs in an open meadow?
Your rulers are rebels,friends of thieves.They all love bribesand chasing after rewards.They do not defend the fatherless,and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
All day long I have held out My handsto an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path,who follow their own imaginations,
All are hardened rebels,walking around as slanderers.They are bronze and iron;all of them are corrupt.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.