Word study · Greek
sklērotrachēlos
stiff-necked
Say it: skler-ot-RAKH-ay-los (approximate)
σκληροτράχηλος
What it means
Literally "hard in the neck," like an ox that won't take the yoke. It translates the Old Testament description of Israel as a stiff-necked people (Exodus 32:9). Stephen says it to the council (7:51). It occurs only here in the New Testament.
Range of meaning
- Stiff-neckedStubborn and unyielding.
In Acts
- Chapter 7
"You stiff-necked" (7:51).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4644 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources