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stiff-necked (adj.)
"stubborn, obstinate," 1520s (in Tindale's rendition of Acts vii:51), from
stiff
(adj.) +
neck
(n.); translating Latin
dura cervice
in Vulgate, from Greek
sklero trachelos
, a literal translation from Hebrew
qesheh 'oref
.
