kũrema

v.

1. be stubborn, resist. Be stubborn, resist. To be obstinate, stiff-necked, or refuse to comply; to resist authority or instruction persistently. Often used in religious contexts referring to resistance to divine commands.

Example: magakĩrema o kũrema, makomia ngingo, makarega kũigua watho waku. (9:29] Lv 18:5; Dt 30:16; 32:47. You bore witness against them,); Nĩmũgaatiga kũrema o na kwagana, amu nĩmũkaaririkana ũrĩa maithe maanyu moonire meehĩria Mwathani. (Then they shall turn back from their stiff-necked stubbornness, and from their evil deeds, because they shall remember the ways of their ancestors, who sinned against the L ord . Lv 26:42–45; Dt 30:1–10.)