Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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a.) Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
STIFF-NECKEDstif'-nekt (qesheh `oreph, literally, "hard of neck"): As it is figuratively used, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the word means "stubborn," "untractable," "not to be led." The derivation of the idea was entirely familiar to the Jews, with whom the ox was the most useful and common of domestic animals. It was especially used for such agricultural purposes as harrowing and plowing (Judges 14:18 1 Corinthians 9:9).
The plow was usually drawn by two oxen. As the plowman required but one hand to guide the plow, he carried in the other an "ox-goad." This was a light pole, shod with an iron spike. With this he would prick the oxen upon the hind legs to increase their speed, and upon the neck to turn, or to keep a straight course when deviating. If an ox was hard to control or stubborn, it was "hard of neck," or stiff-necked. Hence, the figure was used in the Scriptures to express the stubborn, untractable spirit of a people not responsive to the guiding of their God (Exodus 32:9; Exodus 33:3 Deuteronomy 9:6 2 Chronicles 36:13 Jeremiah 17:23, etc.). See also the New Testament where sklerotrachelos, is so translated (Acts 7:51), "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit.". Compare Baruch 2:30, 33.
Arthur Walwyn Evans
Greek
4644. sklerotrachelos -- stiff-necked ... stiff-
necked. From skleros and trachelos; hardnaped, ie (figuratively) obstinate --
stiffnecked. see GREEK skleros. see GREEK trachelos.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4644.htm - 6kStrong's Hebrew
7186. qasheh -- hard, severe... churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate,
prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful,
stiff((
necked)), stubborn, + in
... /hebrew/7186.htm - 6k 6203. oreph -- back of the neck, neck
... stiff-necked. From araph; the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the
back generally (whether literal or figurative) -- back ((stiff-)neck((-ed). ...
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Library
Stiff-Necked Idolaters and Pliable Christians
... STIFF-NECKED IDOLATERS AND PLIABLE CHRISTIANS. 'Hath a nation changed their
gods, which are yet no gods? but My people have changed ...
/.../stiff-necked idolaters and pliable christians.htm
The Highway of Holiness
... To be broken means to be "not I, but Christ." There is in every one of us a proud,
stiff-necked "I." The stiff neck began in the Garden of Eden when Adam and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hession/the calvary road/chapter 4 the highway of.htm
John Chapter i. 32, 33
... His are those burning words: "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised of heart and ears,
ye do always resist the Holy Spirit." Mighty impetuosity; but it is the dove ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate vi john chapter i.htm
Ninth Sunday after Trinity Carnal Security and Its vices.
... Not by the merit of their devotion, as Moses often hinted, did the Jews become the
people of God; they were ever stiff-necked and continually rebelled against ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/ninth sunday after trinity carnal.htm
A Loving Call to Reunion
... up to desolation, as ye see.8. Now, be ye not stiffnecked, as your ... in a variety of
ways; namely, turning to Jehovah, not being stiff-necked, yielding selves to ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a loving call to reunion.htm
Expositions of Holy Scripture
... THE SYMPATHY OF GOD. HOW TO MEET GOD. 'THE GOD OF THE AMEN'. STIFF-NECKED IDOLATERS
AND PLIABLE CHRISTIANS. FORSAKING JEHOVAH. A COLLOQUY BETWEEN A PENITENT AND ...
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Evans -- the Fall and Recovery of Man
... Man is a hard-hearted and stiff-necked sinner; loving darkness rather than light,
because his deeds are evil; eating sin like bread, and drinking iniquity like ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 3/evans the fall and.htm
Mercy's Master Motive
... The generation following were stiff-necked and rebellious like their fathers,
and they continually went astray after false gods. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/mercys master motive.htm
Miracles no Remedy for Unbelief.
... has been maintained. It has often been said, that they were stiff-necked
and hard-hearted beyond the rest of the world. Now, even ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon vi miracles no remedy.htm
Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
... But this people was stiff-necked, heedless, and unthankful, and did not do as God
had commanded by the mouth of His servants, but was continually self-willed ...
/.../vii sermon for the fourth.htm
Thesaurus
Stiffnecked (9 Occurrences)... See also the New Testament where sklerotrachelos, is so translated (Acts 7:51),
"Ye
stiff-
necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears
...Stiffnecked (9 Occurrences).
.../s/stiffnecked.htm - 11kStiff-necked (18 Occurrences)
Stiff-necked. Stiffnecked, Stiff-necked. Stiffness . Noah Webster's Dictionary ...
Stiffnecked, Stiff-necked. Stiffness . Reference Bible.
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Obstinate (12 Occurrences)
... NAS NIV). Exodus 32:9 Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and
behold, they are a stiff-necked people. (See NAS). Exodus ...
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Stiff (23 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 9:6 Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this good
land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people. ...
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Stubborn (40 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 9:6 Know therefore, that Yahweh your God doesn't give you this good
land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people. ...
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Neck (97 Occurrences)
... Compare sklerotracholes, "stiffnecked" (Acts 7:51). ... God doesn't give you this good
land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people ...
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Necked (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Neck. 2. (a.) Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition;
as, stiff-necked. 3. (a.) Cracked; -- said of a treenail. ...
/n/necked.htm - 7k
Consume (136 Occurrences)
... Exodus 33:3 to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst
of you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the way ...
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Destroy (379 Occurrences)
... Exodus 33:3 Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up
among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction ...
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Uncircumcised (48 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Uncircumcised (48 Occurrences). Acts 7:51 "You stiff-necked
and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! ...
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