Refractory
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Refractory (7 Occurrences)

Titus 2:9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting; (See RSV)

Nehemiah 9:29 and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened. (YLT)

Psalms 66:7 Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah. (YLT)

Psalms 68:6 God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place. (YLT)

Psalms 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O Jah God. (YLT)

Hosea 4:16 For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture. (DBY YLT)

Zechariah 7:11 And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing. (YLT)

Thesaurus
Refractory (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Obstinate in disobedience; stubborn; unmanageable;
as, a refractory child; a refractory beast. ... 3. (n.) A refractory person. ...
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Refrain (33 Occurrences)

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Vicious (3 Occurrences)
... 5. (a.) Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a
vicious horse. 6. (a.) Bitter; spiteful; malignant. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Unruly (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (superl.) Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint;
disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy ...
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Untractable (1 Occurrence)
... Untractable (1 Occurrence). Hosea 4:16 For Israel is refractory as an untractable
heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture. (DBY). ...
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Gentle (48 Occurrences)
... gentle reader. 4. (superl.) Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and
docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse. 5. (superl ...
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Willful (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse;
inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse. ...
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Inhabited (64 Occurrences)
... Psalms 68:6 God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones
into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place. (YLT). ...
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Turbulent (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory;
as, turbulent spirits. 3. (a.) Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting. ...
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Reforms (2 Occurrences)

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Greek
506. anupotaktos -- not subject to rule
... in line with" (fit in with) God's plan; uncooperative, with a defiant attitude towards
duly-appointed authority; uncontrollable, refractory (unsubjected); anti ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (a.) Obstinate in disobedience; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

2. (a.) Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.

3. (n.) A refractory person.

4. (n.) Refractoriness.

5. (n.) (Pottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.

Strong's Hebrew
5637. sarar -- stubborn or rebellious
... A primitive root; to turn away, ie (morally) be refractory -- X away, backsliding,
rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew. << 5636, 5637. ...
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3987. meen -- refusing
... Word Origin from maen Definition refusing NASB Word Usage who refuse (1). refuse.
From ma'en; refractory -- refuse. see HEBREW ma'en. << 3986, 3987. meen. 3988 ...
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