Obstinate
Bible Usage:
- obstinate used twice.
- First Reference: Deuteronomy 2:30
- Last Reference: Isaiah 48:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Obstinate
OB'STINATE, adjective [Latin obstinatus.]
1. Stubborn; pertinaciously adhering to an opinion or purpose; fixed firmly in resolution; not yielding to reason, arguments or other means.
I have known great cures done by obstinate resolutions of drinking no wine.
No ass so meek, no ass os obstinate
2. Not yielding or not easily subdued or removed; as an obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions; an obstinate cough.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Obstinately
OB'STINATELY, adverb Stubbornly; pertinaciously; with fixedness of purpose not to be shaken, or not without difficulty; as a sinner obstinately bent on his own destruction.
Inflexible to ill and obstinately just.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Obstinateness
OB'STINATENESS, noun Stubbornness; pertinacity in opinion or purpose; fixed determination.