Quick Definition
σκληροτράχηλος, ον Adj stubborn
Strong's Definition
from 4642 and 5137; hardnaped, i.e. (figuratively) obstinate
KJV Usage: stiffnecked
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | σκληρύνω + τραχηλίζομαι
88.224 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Stubbornness
stubborn, completely unyielding pertaining to being obdurate and obstinate In the contexts illustrated by σκληροτράχηλος, ἀπερίτμητος καρδίᾳ καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν, and σκληροκαρδία, the focus of the stubbornness and obstinacy is the unwillingness to be taught or to understand.
1 The series of expressions in 88.224 appears to differ somewhat in intensity from σκληρότης stubbornness (88.223).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκληρο-τράχηλος, -ov, (σκληρός and τράχηλος), prop. stiff-necked; trop. stubborn, headstrong, obstinate: Acts vii. 51; Sept. for Δ» nw), Ex. xxxiii. 3,5; xxxiv. 9; [ete.]; Bar. ii. 30; Sir. xvi. 11; [ef. σκληροτραχηλία, Test. xii. Patr., test. Sym. § 6]. Not found in prof. auth.; [ef. W. 26, 99 (94)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκληροτράχηλος sklērotrachēlos 1x
stiff-necked, obstinate, Acts 7:51*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σκληρο-τράχηλος, -ον
(σκληρός, τράχηλος), [in LXX: Ex 33:3, 5 (עֹרֶף ־קָשֶׁה), etc. ;]
stiff-necked: metaph., Ac 7:51.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκληροτράχηλος. This LXX word (Exod 333 a/.) is quoted in the same metaph. sense of ‘‘stiff-necked,” ‘‘ obstinate,” in its only NT occurrence Ac 7°4. For the subst. σκληροτραχηλία see Test, xtt. patr. Simeon vi. 2.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrachēlos) — stiff-necked. σκληροτράχηλος [ᾰ], ον, stiff-necked, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; compare σκληραύχην:—hence σκληροτρᾰχηλέω, [Refs 5th c.AD+]