# stiff-necked, stubborn

## Definition

The term "stiff-necked" is an idiom describing people who keep disobeying God and refuse to respond to his correction. They are very proud.

* The Israelites were stiff-necked in their attitude toward the prophets who foretold the coming of the Messiah.
* They were also stiff-necked and stubborn in their persistence in worshiping false gods.
* This term could be translated as "pridefully stubborn" or "arrogant and unyielding."
* A stiff-necked person refuses to submit to God's authority
* Other languages may also have an idiom that has this same meaning.