סָרַב , Pi. סֵירֵב (Saf. of רָב) 1) to assume importance, to allow one’s self to be coaxed; to decline an office. Pes. 86ᵇ מְסָרְבִין לקטן וכ׳ you may decline an offer from an inferior person than yourself, but not &c. Ber. 34ᵃ … העובר צריך לסָרֵב he who is asked to say the prayers, must first decline (wait to be asked again); ואם אינו מְסָרֵב וכ׳ and if he does not decline, he is like a dish without salt; ואם מסרב יותר מדאי וכ׳ but if he allows himself to be coaxed more than proper &c. Ib. פעם ראשונה יְסָרֵב וכ׳ when asked for the first time, he must decline, the second time &c., v. הִבְהֵב; Y. ib. V, 9ᶜ bot. בתחלה מסרב וכ׳. —2) (with ב; v. סִרְהֵב) [to be imperious,] to press, urge. Y. Dem. IV, 24ᵃ bot. לא יְסָרֵב וכ׳ one must not urge his neighbor to be his guest, when he knows that he will not accept; Tosef. B. Kam. VII, 8 המְסָרֵב בחבירו וכ׳ he who urges his neighbor to be his guest, when in his heart he does not mean to invite him; Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᶜ bot.; Tosef. B. Bath. VI, 14; Treat. Der. Er. ch. VIII; (Ḥull. 94ᵃ יסרהב). Tosef. Ned. IV, 8ᵃ; Ned. 21; a. e. —3) (= מָרָה) to rebel. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב מסרב וכ׳ the heart is rebellious, as we read (Jer. V, 23). Midr, Till. to Ps. V, 11 (expl. מרו, ib.) שסֵרְבוּ כנגדך ed. Bub. (oth. ed. שרבו, corr. acc.) they rebelled against thee; Yalk. ib. 632; a. e.