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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Stubborn

The Bible

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  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Stubborn

STUBBORN, adjective [This word is doubtless formed on the root of stub or stiff, and denotes fixed, firm. But the origin of the latter syllable is not obvious.

1. Unreasonably obstinate; inflexibly fixed in opinion; not to be moved or persuaded by reasons; inflexible; as a stubborn son; a stubborn mind or soul.

The queen is obstinate--stubborn to justice.

2. Persevering; persisting; steady; constant; as stubborn attention.

3. Stiff; not flexible; as a stubborn bow.

Take a plant of stubborn oak.

4. Hardy; firm; enduring without complaint; as stubborn Stoics.

5. Harsh; rough; rugged. [Little used.]

6. Refractory; not easily melted or worked; as a stubborn ore or metal.

7. Refractory; obstinately resisting command, the goad or the whip; as a stubborn ass or horse.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Stubbornly

STUBBORNLY, adverb Obstinately; inflexibly; contumaciously.


Naves Topical Index
Stubbornness

See Obduracy
Obduracy


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Stubbornness

STUBBORNNESS, noun

1. Perverse and unreasonable obstinacy; inflexibility; contumacy.

STUBBORNNESS and obstinate disobedience must be mastered with blows.

2. Stiffness; want of pliancy.

3. Refractoriness, as of ores.