rebellion
me.ri denotes resistance or refusal directed against the LORD, often characterizing a people or household that will not listen.
The dominant use characterizes a household or people marked by refusal to hear and respond, especially in Ezekiel. Elsewhere it names resistance as an act, pursuit, complaint, or condition in contexts involving refusal, stubbornness, or rejection.
Senses in use
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A people or household marked by refusal · dominant
The absolute noun repeatedly occurs in statements identifying a “house” whose members may listen or refuse. In Ezekiel 2:5 the APB renders that setting as a “rebellious house,” while Ezekiel 2:8 contrasts the addressee with that house and commands him not to be like it; Ezekiel 12:2 further describes people who have eyes and ears but do not see or hear.
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Resistance expressed as conduct or stance · common
In these verses the noun names resistance in particular situations: Deuteronomy 31:27 places it alongside stubbornness, and Nehemiah 9:17 describes refusal to listen and a return toward slavery. Proverbs 17:11 presents an evil man seeking it, while Job 23:2 applies it to the speaker's complaint; the APB's wording confirms the varied settings without providing word-level alignment.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Ezekiel, the APB commonly presents the noun in phrases such as “house of rebellion” and “rebellious house,” and it also uses “rebellious” for people. Elsewhere it uses “rebellion,” including “my complaint is rebellion” in Job 23:2; these are verse-level renderings, definitions.