King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5637
Transliteration: sarar
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-rar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: stubborn or rebellious
Meaning: to turn away, be refractory
Word Summary
sarar: stubborn or rebellious
Original Word: סָרַרTransliteration: sarar
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-rar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: stubborn or rebellious
Meaning: to turn away, be refractory
Strong's Concordance
away, backsliding, rebellious, revolting, slide back, stubborn, withdrew A primitive root; to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory -- X away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5637. sarar
סָרַר verb be stubborn, rebellious (usually towards ׳י) (Late Hebrew id., (rare); Assyrian sarâru); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ס יִשְׂרָאֵל Hosea 4:16 Israel is stubborn; Participle active וּמוֺרֶה סוֺרֵר בֵּן Deuteronomy 21:18, compare 21:20; סוֺרְרִים בָּנִים Isaiah 30:1, סוֺרֵר עַם 65:2, ס ׳דּוֺר וּמֹרֶה Psalm 78:8 (all of Israel); מ ׳לֵב וּמוֺרֶה Jeremiah 5:23; סֹרֵרָ֔ה מָּרָה Hosea 4:16 (simile of Israel, see above); as predicate סוֺרְרִים שָׂרֵיהֶם 9:15 compare Isaiah 1:23; סוֺרְרִים סָרֵי Jeremiah 6:28 revolters among the rebellious (? compare סור
Qal near the end, and סַר below); of loose woman וְסוֺרָ֑רֶת הִיא הֹמִיָּסה Proverbs 7:11; as substantive = the stubborn, Psalm 66:7; 68:7; 68:19; feminine singular סֹרֶ֫רֶת כָתֵף וַיִּתְּנוּ Nehemiah 9:29 and they presented a stubborn shoulder (of Israel) = Zechariah 7:11 (סֹרָ֑רֶת).