Bible Dictionary: Refractory

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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.

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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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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Library

Concerning the Revolt of the Trachonites; How Sylleus Accused ...
... that were in Arabia should be delivered up; and, by the permission of Saturninus
and Volumnius, executed the judgment himself upon those that were refractory. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 concerning the revolt.htm

Guelf and Ghibelline. (I)
... The Pope retorted by excommunicating his refractory vassals and looking for
help from the new German King. [Sidenote: The new contest.]. ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter viii guelf and ghibelline.htm

Parables. (xiii, xviii-xx, xxxv. )
... The potter of Hinnom does not impatiently cast upon the rubbish which abounds there
the lump of clay that has proved refractory to his design for it. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/2 parables xiii xviii-xx xxxv.htm

Examination of the Epistle
... that the wicked should die," (Ezekiel 18:23.) But it so moves God, that He is yet
delighted in the destruction of His enemies, who are refractory and refuse to ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 3/examination of the epistle.htm

First, I am to Consider what the Keeping of the Heart Supposes and ...
... denial. The darkened understanding is illuminated, the refractory will sweetly
subdued, the rebellious appetite gradually conquered. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/first i am to consider.htm

His Conversion
... of which is fixed a piece of sharpened iron, with which he urges the animal to go
on or stand still or change its course; and, if it is refractory, it kicks ...
/.../stalker/the life of st paul/chapter iii his conversion.htm

The Church of the Middle Ages
... An authority which could reduce rebellious subjects to obedience, overawe refractory
nobles, or check the tyranny of an irresponsible sovereign, could hardly ...
/.../blunt/a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter x the church of.htm

That the Word Instructed by the Law and the Prophets.
... Accordingly, of old He instructed by Moses, and then by the prophets. Moses, too,
was a prophet. For the law is the training of refractory children. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter xi that the word instructed.htm

As He Thus Spoke, Slowly and with an Exquisite Softness...
... obstinate)"then much can be done. The Church has infinite patience even
with refractory sinners.". "Has it?" asked Manuel simply ...
//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xvi as he thus spoke.htm

Of the Fourth Kind of General Mortifications, viz...
... that she finds in sensuality; but resisting it the best she can, she must be resigned
and patient with herself, as she would be at the refractory humours of ...
/.../chapter viii of the fourth.htm

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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Bible Concordance

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)

Subtopics

Refractory

Related Terms

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Inhabited (64 Occurrences)