Lexical Definition

‎סָרַר‎ çârar (saw-rar') to rebel ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.

• to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory

1) to rebel, be stubborn, be rebellious, be refractory
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be stubborn
1a2) stubborn, rebel (subst)

See Greek: ἀπειθέω · ἀπειθής · μεγαλύνω · παραπικραίνω · παραφρονέω · σκολιός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סָרַר‎ verb be stubborn, rebellious (usually towards ‎׳‎‎י‎) (Late Hebrew id., (rare); Assyrian sarâru); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ס‎ Hos 4:16 Israel is stubborn; Participle active ‎בֵּן סוֺרֵר וּמוֺרֶה‎ Deut 21:18, compare vDeut 21:20 ‎בָּנִים‎ ‎סוֺרְרִים‎ Isa 30:1, ‎עַם סוֺרֵר‎ Isa 65:2, ‎וּמֹרֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎דּוֺר ס‎ Ps 78:8 (all of Israel); ‎וּמוֺרֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎לֵב מ‎ Jer 5:23 ‎פָּרָה סֹרֵרָ֔ה‎ Hos 4:16 (simile of Israel, see above); as predicate ‎שָׂרֵיהֶם‎ ‎סוֺרְרִים‎ Hos 9:15 compare Isa 1:23 ‎סָרֵי סוֺרְרִים‎ Jer 6:28 revolters among the rebellious (? compare ‎סור‎ Qal near the end, and ‎סַר‎ below); of loose woman ‎הֹמִיָּסה הִיא‎ ‎וְסוֺרָ֑רֶת‎ Prov 7:11 as substantive = the stubborn, Ps 66:7; Ps 68:7*; Ps 68:19* feminine singular ‎וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרֶ֫רֶת‎ Neh 9:29 and they presented a stubborn shoulder (of Israel) = Zech 7:11 (‎סֹרָ֑רֶת‎).

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