Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
2. (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
3. (superl.) Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
4. (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
5. (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
6. (superl.) Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
7. (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
8. (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
Greek
4644. sklerotrachelos -- stiff-necked ... stiff-necked. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: sklerotrachelos Phonetic
Spelling: (sklay-rot-rakh'-ay-los) Short Definition: stubborn Definition:
stiff ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4644.htm - 6k4723. steira -- barren
... barren. A contraction from stereos (as stiff and unnatural); "sterile" -- barren.
see GREEK stereos. (steira) -- 4 Occurrences. (steirai) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4642. skleros -- hard, rough
... 4642 -- properly, hard (because out); (figuratively) stiff, stubborn (unyielding)
describing people who "won't budge" (bend, submit), or what is . ...
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4731. stereos -- hard, firm
... hard, strong, sure. From histemi; stiff, ie Solid, stable (literally or figuratively) --
stedfast, strong, sure. see GREEK histemi. (sterea) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
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).
... /hebrew/6203.htm - 6k 2389. chazaq -- strong, stout, mighty
... harder, hottest, impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff-hearted, stronger. From
chazaq; strong (usu. In a bad sense, hard, bold, violent ...
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6277. athaq -- forward, arrogant
... arrogancy, grievous hard things, stiff. From athaq in the sense of license; impudent --
arrogancy, grievous (hard) things, stiff. see HEBREW athaq. 6276, 6277 ...
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3820. leb -- inner man, mind, will, heart
... the centre of anything -- + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered,
courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double ...
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7186. qasheh -- hard, severe
... churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate,
prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in ...
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7185. qashah -- to be hard, severe or fierce
... be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would)
hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)). ...
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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
Answers to Prayer
... together irregularly. Her hip-joint was stiff, so that she was never able
to walk without the support of a cane or crutch. For eight ...
//christianbookshelf.org/various/the wonders of prayer/answers to prayer.htm
We Hear Much of the Human Error which Accepts what is Sham and ...
... We can see something stiff and quaint in their mode of expression, just as our
descendants will see something stiff and quaint in our coarsest slum sketch or ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 20 we hear much.htm
The Faithful Servant
... that he was dumb and partly deaf, and further to their amazement and admiration,
they discovered that his right leg and arm were too stiff for ordinary use and ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xxi the faithful servant.htm
How Saints May Help the Devil
... Their backs are as stiff as if an iron rod were in the center, they come up to the
house of God, and it is a Christian doctrine that God has made of one flesh ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/how saints may help the.htm
Distinguishing Grace
... I wish that some of the stiff-necked gentry of our churches would at times
recollect this. Their condition is smooth as oil, and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/distinguishing grace.htm
Thomas and Jesus
... Mary, the lover; Peter, the penitent; the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, the
thinkers; Thomas, the stiff unbeliever"the presence of the Christ is enough ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/thomas and jesus.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
Impressive Phrases
... force, vigor, power, and energy. formal, precise, stiff, and methodical. ... rigid,
inelastic, stiff, and unbending. rough, rude, gruff, and surly. ...
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Thesaurus
Stiff (23 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant;
not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as,
stiff wood, paper, joints.
.../s/stiff.htm - 14kStiff-necked (18 Occurrences)
Stiff-necked. Stiffnecked, Stiff-necked. Stiffness . ... (a.) Stubborn; inflexibly
obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. Int. ...
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Stiff-hearted (1 Occurrence)
Stiff-hearted. Stiffhearted, Stiff-hearted. Stiffnecked . Noah Webster's
Dictionary ... Multi-Version Concordance Stiff-hearted (1 Occurrence). ...
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Stiffnecked (9 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia STIFF-NECKED. ... If an ox was hard to control
or stubborn, it was "hard of neck," or stiff-necked. ...
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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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Stiffened (7 Occurrences)
... Stiffened (7 Occurrences). 2 Kings 17:14 And they did not give ear, but became
stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God. ...
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Stubborn (40 Occurrences)
... (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding ... Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise
therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked. ...
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Stiffen (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with
starch. ... 4. (vi) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. ...
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Necks (28 Occurrences)
... your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be
life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did ...
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Neck (97 Occurrences)
... preferable to a life of evil influence upon even the little ones of God's household
(Matthew 18:6 Mark 9:42 Luke 17:2). To "make the neck stiff," to "harden ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about being stiff-necked? | GotQuestions.orgWhat is unrepentance? What does it mean to be unrepentant? | GotQuestions.orgWhat does the Bible say about being stubborn / stubbornness? | GotQuestions.orgStiff: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.comBible Concordance •
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