Shᵉrîyrûwth — H8307

Definition

feminine noun

obstinacy

1. stubbornness, hardness, firmness

Usually translated as

imagination, lust

Origin

from H8324 in the sense of twisted, i.e. firm

• Derived from Shârar (H8324)

Greek equivalents

• arestós (G701)
• thélēma (G2307)
• plánē (G4106)

Occurrences

Shᵉrîyrûwth occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (8)

• Deuteronomy 29:19 — And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination (בִּשְׁרִר֥וּת) of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
• Psalms 81:12 — So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust (בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת): and they walked in their own counsels.
• Jeremiah 3:17 — At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination (שְׁרִר֖וּת) of their evil heart.
• Jeremiah 7:24 — But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination (בִּשְׁרִר֖וּת) of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
• Jeremiah 9:14 — But have walked after the imagination (שְׁרִר֣וּת) of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
• Jeremiah 11:8 — Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination (בִּשְׁרִיר֖וּת) of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
• Jeremiah 13:10 — This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination (בִּשְׁרִר֣וּת) of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
• Jeremiah 16:12 — And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination (שְׁרִר֣וּת) of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
• Jeremiah 18:12 — And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination (שְׁרִר֥וּת) of his evil heart.
• Jeremiah 23:17 — They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination (בִּשְׁרִר֤וּת) of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.