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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_172717" /> ==
<p> ''''' self ''''' - ''''' wil ''''' ´ ( רחון , <i> ''''' rācōn ''''' </i> ; αὐθάδης , <i> ''''' authádēs ''''' </i> ): Found once in the Old [[Testament]] ( [[Genesis]] 49:6 , "In their self-will they hocked an ox") in the death song of [[Jacob]] (see [[Hock]] ). The idea is found twice in the New Testament in the sense of "pleasing oneself": "not self-willed, not soon angry" ( Titus 1:7 ); and "daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities" ( 2 Peter 2:10 ). In all these texts it stands for a false pride, for obstinacy, for "a pertinacious adherence to one's will or wish, especially in opposition to the dictates of wisdom or propriety or the wishes of others." </p>
<p> (n.) One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8063" /> ==
<p> ''''' self ''''' - ''''' wil ''''' ´ ( רחון , <i> ''''' rācōn ''''' </i> ; αὐθάδης , <i> ''''' authádēs ''''' </i> ): Found once in the Old [[Testament]] (&nbsp; [[Genesis]] 49:6 , "In their self-will they hocked an ox") in the death song of Jacob (see [[Hock]] ). The idea is found twice in the New Testament in the sense of "pleasing oneself": "not self-willed, not soon angry" (&nbsp;Titus 1:7 ); and "daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities" (&nbsp;2 Peter 2:10 ). In all these texts it stands for a false pride, for obstinacy, for "a pertinacious adherence to one's will or wish, especially in opposition to the dictates of wisdom or propriety or the wishes of others." </p>
       
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<ref name="term_172717"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/self-will Self-Will from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_8063"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/self-will Self-Will from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_8063"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/self-will Self-Will from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Latest revision as of 07:19, 15 October 2021

Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]

self - wil ´ ( רחון , rācōn  ; αὐθάδης , authádēs ): Found once in the Old TestamentGenesis 49:6 , "In their self-will they hocked an ox") in the death song of Jacob (see Hock ). The idea is found twice in the New Testament in the sense of "pleasing oneself": "not self-willed, not soon angry" ( Titus 1:7 ); and "daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities" ( 2 Peter 2:10 ). In all these texts it stands for a false pride, for obstinacy, for "a pertinacious adherence to one's will or wish, especially in opposition to the dictates of wisdom or propriety or the wishes of others."

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