Nehemiah 9:16

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,"

Word-by-Word Analysis

But they and our

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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זוּד

zûwd

H2102

to seethe; figuratively, to be insolent

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and

קָשָׁה

qâshâh

H7185

properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)

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their

צַוָּאר

tsavvâʼr

H6677

the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

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and

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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not to thy

מִצְוָה

mitsvâh

H4687

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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Key Terms in This Verse

proudly H2102

זוּד zûwd

to seethe; figuratively, to be insolent

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necks H6677

צַוָּאר tsavvâʼr

the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

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hardened H7185

קָשָׁה qâshâh

properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)

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dealt H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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hearkened H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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commandments H4687

מִצְוָה mitsvâh

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29 cross-reference

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 against thy judgments, (which if a man do, h...

Nehemiah 9:10 cross-reference

And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is ...

Hebrews 3:15 cross-reference

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Deuteronomy 31:27 cross-reference

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Romans 2:5 cross-reference

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

2 Kings 17:14 cross-reference

Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

Psalm 81:8 cross-reference

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Exodus 15:26 cross-reference

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put n...

Isaiah 48:18 cross-reference

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Isaiah 63:10 cross-reference

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

2 Chronicles 30:8 cross-reference

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness o...

Isaiah 48:4 cross-reference

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Deuteronomy 9:27 cross-reference

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Deuteronomy 32:15 cross-reference

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 9:13 cross-reference

Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Jeremiah 2:31 cross-reference

O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

Proverbs 29:1 cross-reference

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Acts 7:51 cross-reference

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Exodus 32:9 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Deuteronomy 5:29 cross-reference

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Jeremiah 19:15 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that...

2 Chronicles 36:13 cross-reference

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

Psalm 106:6 cross-reference

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Hebrews 3:13 cross-reference

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Deuteronomy 9:6 cross-reference

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

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