Hardened His Neck
Revealed stubbornness. Insisted on not obeying. Did not change his mind with excessive obstinacy.
("Thus saith the Lord... 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 they might not hear my words" - Jeremiah 19:12)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִקְשָׁה אֶת עָורְפּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
גִּלָּה קְשִׁיחוּת. הִתְעַקֵּשׁ שֶׁלֹּא לְצַיֵּת. לֹא שִׁנָּה אֶת דַּעְתּוֹ בְּעַקְשָׁנוּת יְתֵרָה.
("כֹּה אָמַר ה'... הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְעַל כָּל עָרֶיהָ אֵת כָּל הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי עָלֶיהָ כִּי הִקְשׁוּ אֶת עָרְפָּם לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמוֹעַ אֶת דְּבָרָי"- יִרְמְיָה יט טוּ)