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שְׁרִירוּת H8307
H8307 is the Hebrew word שְׁרִירוּת, transliterated shᵉrîyrûwth and said sher-ee-rooth'. The King James Version most often renders it imagination.
What it means
obstinacy.
Where it comes from
from H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of twisted, i.e. firm.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: imagination, lust.
Verses using שְׁרִירוּת
All 10 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 29:19 · KJV
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 of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Psalm 81:12 · KJV
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Jeremiah 3:17 · KJV
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 of their evil heart.
Jeremiah 7:24 · KJV
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah 9:14 · KJV
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
Jeremiah 11:8 · KJV
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination 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 · KJV
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination 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 · KJV
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Jeremiah 18:12 · KJV
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Jeremiah 23:17 · KJV
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 of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8307 mean?
H8307 is the Hebrew word שְׁרִירוּת (shᵉrîyrûwth), meaning obstinacy.
How is H8307 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it imagination (8 times), lust (1 time), after the imagination (1 time).
How many times does H8307 appear in the Bible?
שְׁרִירוּת (shᵉrîyrûwth) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8307 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8324 (שָׁרַר) in the sense of twisted, i.e. firm.
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