סָרַר
çârar · saw-rar'
to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
To support and uphold of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָרַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- have a stubborn1 · 6%
- is stubborn1 · 6%
- in them;) and withdrew1 · 6%
- let not the rebellious1 · 6%
- but the rebellious1 · 6%
- yea, for the rebellious1 · 6%
- a stubborn1 · 6%
- and stubborn1 · 6%
- are rebellious1 · 6%
- to the rebellious1 · 6%
- unto a rebellious1 · 6%
- hath a revolting1 · 6%
- revolters1 · 6%
- slideth back1 · 6%
- as a backsliding1 · 6%
- are revolters1 · 6%
- and pulled away1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.