Stubborn
Bible Usage:
- stubborn used 5 times.
- stubbornness used twice.
- First Reference: Deuteronomy 21:18
- Last Reference: Proverbs 7:11
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:
- H5637 Used 4 times
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.
1. Unreasonably obstinate; inflexibly fixed in opinion; not to be moved or persuaded by reasons; inflexible; as a stubborn son; a stubborn mind or soul.
The queen is obstinate--stubborn to justice.
2. Persevering; persisting; steady; constant; as stubborn attention.
3. Stiff; not flexible; as a stubborn bow.
Take a plant of stubborn oak.
4. Hardy; firm; enduring without complaint; as stubborn Stoics.
5. Harsh; rough; rugged. [Little used.]
6. Refractory; not easily melted or worked; as a stubborn ore or metal.
7. Refractory; obstinately resisting command, the goad or the whip; as a stubborn ass or horse.
STUBBORNLY, adverb Obstinately; inflexibly; contumaciously.
See Obduracy
Obduracy
STUBBORNNESS, noun
1. Perverse and unreasonable obstinacy; inflexibility; contumacy.
STUBBORNNESS and obstinate disobedience must be mastered with blows.
2. Stiffness; want of pliancy.
3. Refractoriness, as of ores.
Bible Usage:
- stubborn used 5 times.
- stubbornness used twice.
- First Reference: Deuteronomy 21:18
- Last Reference: Proverbs 7:11
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:
- H5637 Used 4 times