H8307 - שְׁרִירוּת (shᵉrîyrûwth)

H8307 שְׁרִירוּת (shᵉrîyrûwth) sher-ee-rooth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

stubbornness

Strong's Definition

obstinacy

Derivation: from H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of twisted, i.e. firm;

KJV Usage: imagination, lust.

TWOT Reference: 2469d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) stubbornness, hardness, firmness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G701 G2307 G4106

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

stubbornness, hardness, firmness

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁרִירוּת sherý̂yrûth BDB Definition: 1) stubbornness, hardness, firmness Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8324 in the sense of twisted, i.e. firm Same Word by TWOT Number: 2469d Total KJV Occurrences: 10

Bible Occurrences (10)

29:19

81:12

3:17 7:24 9:14 11:8 13:10 16:12 18:12 23:17

Deuteronomy 29:19

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, I will have peace, even though I walk... in the stubbornness of my own heart. This will bring disaster on the watered [land] as well as the dry.

Jeremiah 3:17

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to [honor] the name of the LORD. They will no longer... follow... the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Jeremiah 7:24

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Jeremiah 9:14

Instead, they have followed... the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

Jeremiah 11:8

Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep....

Jeremiah 13:10

These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth — of no use at all.

Jeremiah 16:12

And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows... the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.

Jeremiah 18:12

But they will reply, It is hopeless.... We will follow... our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.