Stiff-Necked:
stif'-nekt (qesheh ‘oreph, literally, "hard of neck"): As it is figuratively used, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament, the word means "stubborn," "untractable," "not to be led." The derivation of the idea was entirely familiar to the Jews, with whom the ox was the most useful and common of domestic animals. It was especially used for such agricultural purposes as harrowing and plowing (Jud 14:18; 1Co 9:9).
The plow was usually drawn by two oxen. As the plowman required but one hand to guide the plow, he carried in the other an "ox-goad." This was a light pole, shod with an iron spike. With this he would prick the oxen upon the hind legs to increase their speed, and upon the neck to turn, or to keep a straight course when deviating. If an ox was hard to control or stubborn, it was "hard of neck," or stiff-necked. Hence, the figure was used in the Scriptures to express the stubborn, untractable spirit of a people not responsive to the guiding of their God (Ex 32:9; 33:3; De 9:6; 2Ch 36:13; Jer 17:23, etc.). See also the New Testament where sklerotrachelos, is so translated (Ac 7:51), "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit.". Compare Baruch 2:30,33.
Written by Arthur Walwyn Evans
Stiff-Necked:
See IMPENITENCE; OBDURACY
Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning
Lev 23:26-29; 26:21-24; Deu 29:19-21; 1Sa 15:23; Job 9:2, 4; 24:13; 33:14; Psa 7:11, 13; 10:3; 32:9; 50:17, 21; 52:1, 7; 58:3-5; 68:21; 78:8; 81:11, 12; 82:5; 95:8; 106:24, 25; 107:11, 12; Pro 1:24-31; 11:3; 15:10, 32; 19:16; 21:29; 26:11; 28:13, 14; 29:1; Ecc 8:11, 13; Isa 26:10; 28:12; 32:9-11; 42:22-25; 46:12, 13; 48:4, 8; 57:11; 65:12, 15; 66:4; Jer 2:25; 3:7-10; 5:21-24; 6:10, 16, 17, 19; 7:13-34; 8:4-22; 11:8; 12:11; 13:15, 17, 27; 14:1-16; 15:6, 7; 16:12; 17:23; 18:12; 19:15; 22:21; 25:4; 26:4-6; 29:19; 32:33; 35:14-17; 44:10, 16, 17; Eze 2:4, 5; 3:1-11, 19, 26; 12:2; 20:8, 13, 21; 33:4, 5, 9; Dan 9:13; Hsa 4:17; 5:4; 7:13, 15; 11:2, 7; Zec 1:4; 7:4-14; Mal 2:2, 17; Mat 11:16-24; 12:42, 44; 13:15; 23:37, 38; 24:38, 39, 48-51; 27:4, 25; Mar 3:5; Luk 7:35; 10:13; 13:1-3, 5, 34; 16:31; Act 7:51; Rom 2:4, 5; 2Cr 12:21; Hbr 3:8; 12:17; Rev 2:5, 16, 21, 22; 3:3; 9:20, 21; 16:9, 21
Impenitence: References Concerning
See AFFLICTION, IMPENITENCE IN; BACKSLIDERS; BLINDNESS, SPIRITUAL; INFIDELITY; OBDURACY; UNBELIEF
Impenitence: Instances Of
Pharaoh,
Exd 9:30, 34; 10:27; 14:5-9.
The Israelites,
Num 14:22, 23; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 24:19; 36:16, 17; Neh 9:16, 17, 29, 30;
Jer 36:31.
Eli's sons,
1Sa 2:25.
Amaziah,
2Ch 25:16.
Manasseh,
2Ch 33:10.
Amon,
2Ch 33:23.
Zedekiah,
2Ch 36:12, 13; Jer 37:2.
Jehoiakim and his servants,
Jer 36:22-24.
Belshazzar,
Dan 5:22, 23.
The rich young man,
Mat 19:22.
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