סָרַר sarar
Hebrew word for “to rebel” · Strong’s H5637 · used 17 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) to rebel, be stubborn, be rebellious, be refractory; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to be stubborn; 1a2) stubborn, rebel (subst)
How it is translated
Glosses given for sarar in context, with how often each is used:
- stubborn 8
- rebellious people 3
- rebellious 3
- rebels 2
- who are rebellious 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 21 (2), Psalms 68 (2), Nehemiah 9 (1), Psalms 66 (1), Psalms 78 (1), Proverbs 7 (1), Isaiah 1 (1), Isaiah 30 (1), Isaiah 65 (1), Jeremiah 5 (1)
Forms
- סורר 5
- סוררים 5
- סוררת 1
- הסוררים 1
- וסררת 1
- סררה 1
- סרר 1
- סררים 1
- סררת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with sarar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מָרָה marah “to rebel” 4
- שָׁכַן shakhan “to dwell” 3
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 4
- כָּתֵף kateph “shoulder” 2
- סוּר sur “to turn aside” 2
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 3
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
- שַׂר sar “ruler” 2
- קוֹל qol “voice” 2
- הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 2
- לֵב lev “heart” 2
Key verses
The verses using sarar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 21:18 — If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him,…
- Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned…
- Psalms 66:7 — He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
- Psalms 68:18 — Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell…
- Psalms 78:8 — And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with…
- Isaiah 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the…
- Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin…
- Isaiah 65:2 — I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
- Jeremiah 6:28 — They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
- Hosea 4:16 — For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
- Hosea 9:15 — All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more:…
- Zechariah 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.