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σκληροτράχηλος

sklērotráchēlos · G4644 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. stubborn, completely unyielding

    Pertaining to being obdurate and obstinate

    Examples

    Acts 7:51 “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word
ἀπερίτμητος aperítmētos · G564 · stubborn, completely unyielding
σκληρύνω and ἀπερίτμητος both express spiritual obstinacy through different metaphors, hardening of the heart versus uncircumcision as a covenant-marking figure. Both converge on the same underlying concept of stubborn resistance to God, expressed through distinct figurative vehicles.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Stubborn, completely unyielding88.224
The adjective describes an unyielding, resistant disposition. Stephen charges the Sanhedrin, “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit” (Acts 7:51).
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σκέλος skélos · G4628 · leg · 3×σκληρύνω sklērýnō · G4645 · to make stubborn, to make obstinate, to be stubborn · 6×σκληρός sklērós · G4642 · harsh, strong, violent · 5×σκολιός skoliós · G4646 · winding, crooked, unscrupulous · 4×σκληροκαρδία sklērokardía · G4641 · stubborn, completely unyielding · 3×σκληρότης sklērótēs · G4643 · stubbornness · 1×σκληροτράχηλοςsklērotráchēlos · G4644
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σκληροτράχηλόν (σκληρός and τράχηλος), properly, stiff-necked ; tropically, stubborn,…
σκληροτράχηλόν (σκληρός and τράχηλος), properly, stiff-necked ; tropically, stubborn, headstrong, obstinate: Acts 7:51; the Sept. for עֹרֶף קְשֵׁה, Ex 33:3, Ex 33:5; Ex 34:9; (etc.); Baruch 2:30; Sir. 16:11; (cf. σκληροτραχηλια, Test xii. Patr., test. Sym. § 6). Not found in secular authors; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 26, 99 (94)).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Stubbornness1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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