1. be stubborn, rebellious — To be stubborn, obstinate, or rebellious, typically used of defiance against God or parental authority. The participial forms (סוֹרֵר/סוֹרֶרֶת/סֹרְרִים) function adjectivally in most occurrences. In Deut 21:18,20 it describes a 'stubborn and rebellious son' (סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה); in Ps 78:8 a 'stubborn and rebellious generation'; in Isa 1:23, 30:1, 65:2 and Jer 5:23, 6:28 it characterizes Israel's rebellion against YHWH; in Ps 66:7, 68:6,18 and Hos 9:15 it refers to the rebellious generally; in Hos 4:16 Israel is compared to a 'stubborn heifer' (סֹרֵרָה); in Neh 9:29 Israel acted 'stubbornly' (סוֹרֶרֶת); in Zech 7:11 the people had a 'stubborn' shoulder; in Prov 7:11 the wayward woman is described as 'loud and stubborn' (וְסֹרָרֶת). The perfect form סָרַר in Hos 4:16 confirms the verbal use. Arabic uniformly uses مُتَمَرِّد (rebellious/defiant); Korean uses 반역하는/반항하는/완고한 (rebelling/resisting/obstinate); Hindi uses विद्रोही/हठीला (rebel/stubborn); Spanish consistently uses rebelde. The semantic range covers stubbornness through active rebellion, with no cross-linguistic evidence for splitting these into separate senses. 17×
AR["المُتَمَرِّدونَ","المُتَمَرِّدونَ-","المُتَمَرِّدينَ","الْعَاصِينَ","عاصيَةٍ","عَاصِيًا","عَصى","مُتَمَرِّدونَ","مُتَمَرِّدٌ","مُتَمَرِّدٍ","مُتَمَرِّدَةً","مُتَمَرِّدُونَ","مُعَانِدَةً","وَ-مُتَمَرِّدَةٌ"]·ben["এবং-বিদ্রোহী","গোঁয়ার","গোঁয়ারত্ব-করেছে","বিদ্রোহী","বিদ্রোহীদের","বিদ্রোহীদের-মতো-","বিদ্রোহীরা","শঠুরে","সরে-যাওয়া"]·DE["[וסררת]","[סורר]","[סוררים]","[סוררת]","[סרר]","[סררה]","[סררים]","[סררת]","der-rebellious","stubborn","stur"]·EN["and-wayward","are-rebellious","children","is-stubborn","rebellious","rebels","stubborn","the-rebellious"]·FR["[סוררת]","et-être-rebelle","le-être-rebelle","obstiné","rebelle","rebelles","être-rebelle"]·heb["ה-סוררים","ו-סוררת","סורר","סוררה","סוררים","סוררת","סרר"]·HI["-विद्रोही","और-विद्रोही","बागी","विद्रोहियों-के","विद्रोही","हटा","हटीला","हठीला","हठीली"]·ID["dan-keras-kepala","keras-kepala","orang-orang-yang-memberontak","pemberontak","yang-keras-kepala","yang-memberontak"]·IT["[סוררת]","[סרר]","[סררה]","[סררים]","[סררת]","e-e-wayward","fu-ribelle","ostinato","ribellarsi"]·jav["ingkang-mbalela","ingkang-mbangkang","kang-mbrontak","lan-mbalela","mbalela","mbangkang","tiyang-ingkang-mbalela","tiyang-mbalela","wangkot"]·KO["고집한","그리고-고집센","반역하는","반역하는-자-들-에게서도","반역하는-자-들-은","반역하는-자-들-이","반역하는-자들이라","반항하는","완고한","패역하고"]·PT["e-rebelde","os-rebeldes","rebelde","rebeldes","é-rebelde"]·RU["и-своенравная;","из-упорных","мятежники","мятежное","мятежному","мятежные","мятежным","мятежных","непокорное","отступники","упорствует","упрямая","упрямое","упрямый"]·ES["es-rebelde","los-rebeldes","rebelde","rebeldes","se-rebela","son-rebeldes","y-rebelde"]·SW["amekaidi","chenye-ukaidi","la-ukaidi","mkaidi","na-mkaidi","ni-waasi","sugu","waasi"]·TR["asiler","dönekler","inatlandı","inatçı","isyankar","isyankarlar","isyankârlar","ve-asi"]·urd["اور-باغی","باغی","باغیوں-کے","سرکش","سرکشوں-سے","سرکشی-کی","ہَ-سرکش"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† סָרַר vb. be stubborn, rebellious (usually towards י׳) (NH id., (rare); Assyrian sarâru);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. ס׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ho 4:16 Isr. is stubborn; Pt. act. בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה Dt 21:18, cf. v 20; בָּנִים סוֹרְרִים Is 30:1, עַם סוֹרֵר 65:2, דּוֹר ס׳ וּמֹרֶה ψ 78:8 (all of Isr.); לֵב ס׳ וּמוֹרֶה Je 5:23; פָּרָה סֹרֵרָ֔ה Ho 4:16 (sim. of Isr., v. supr.); as pred. שָׂרֵיהֶם סוֹרְרִים Ho 9:15 cf. Is…