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# obstinate

adjective (obstinate, more obstinate, most obstinate)

«obstinate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you are told. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinate/#m1)

### In the lessons

a prince or animal who will not move or give way

### Examples

- Don't be obstinate; just try it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinate/#x1)
- The obstinate goat would not move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinate/#x2)
- He was obstinate and would not say sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinate/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

The Torah says God made Sihon's heart obstinate so that he would refuse Israel passage and be defeated.

**Interpretation.** Commentators discuss how God can harden a heart, and often say a person first chooses stubbornness himself.

### Examples

- But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. (Torah DEU.2.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obstinate/#x1)
- Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (Prophets ISA.48.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obstinate/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «obstinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«obstinate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/obstinate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «obstinate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obstinate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«obstinate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obstinate.html) on Mova free.