Word Study · Strong's H8307 · Hebrew
שְׁרִירוּת
sheriruth
sher-ee-rooth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shᵉrîyrûwth
“obstinacy”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
obstinacy
Rendered in the KJV as
imagination, lust.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- שְׁרִר֣וּת2
- בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת1
- בִּשְׁרִיר֖וּת1
- בִּשְׁרִר֥וּת1
- בִּשְׁרִר֖וּת1
- בִּשְׁרִר֣וּת1
- בִּשְׁרִר֤וּת1
- שְׁרִר֖וּת1
- שְׁרִר֥וּת1
How it is rendered · 2
- in [the] stubbornness of6
- [the] stubbornness of4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfsc · 6
- HNcfsc · 4
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Jeremiah8 occurrences
- Jeremiah 3:17שְׁרִר֖וּתsherirutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.here: [the] stubbornness of
- Jeremiah 7:24בִּשְׁרִר֖וּתbishrirutpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.here: in [the] stubbornness of
- Jeremiah 9:14שְׁרִר֣וּתsherirutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”here: [the] stubbornness of
- Jeremiah 11:8בִּשְׁרִיר֖וּתbishrirutpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”here: in [the] stubbornness of
- Jeremiah 13:10בִּשְׁרִר֣וּתbishrirutpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.here: in [the] stubbornness of
- Jeremiah 16:12שְׁרִר֣וּתsherirutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.here: [the] stubbornness of
- Jeremiah 18:12שְׁרִר֥וּתsherirutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”here: [the] stubbornness of
- Jeremiah 23:17בִּשְׁרִר֤וּתbishrirutpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’here: in [the] stubbornness of