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Lexicon :: Strong's H4784 - mārâ

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מָרָה
Transliteration
mārâ
Pronunciation
maw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1242

Strong’s Definitions

מָרָה mârâh, maw-raw'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke):—bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H4784 in the following manner: rebel (19x), rebellious (9x), provoke (7x), disobedient (2x), against (1x), bitter (1x), changed (1x), disobeyed (1x), grievously (1x), provocation (1x), rebels (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H4784 in the following manner: rebel (19x), rebellious (9x), provoke (7x), disobedient (2x), against (1x), bitter (1x), changed (1x), disobeyed (1x), grievously (1x), provocation (1x), rebels (1x).

  1. to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against

    1. (Qal) to be disobedient, be rebellious

      1. towards father

      2. towards God

    2. (Hiphil) to show rebelliousness, show disobedience, disobey

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָרָה mârâh, maw-raw'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke):—bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).
STRONGS H4784: Abbreviations
† מָרָה verb be contentious, refractory, rebellious (Late Hebrew id., Hiph.; Arabic bdb059801 III. dispute with; Syriac bdb059802 Pa. contend with); —
Qal. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָרָה 1 Kings 13:26; feminine מָֽרְתָה Hosea 14:1 [Hosea 13:16]; מָרָ֑תָה Jeremiah 4:17; 2nd person masculine singular מָרִיתָ 1 Kings 13:21 + 11 times perfect; Infinitive absolute מָרוֺ Lamentations 1:20; Participle מֹרֶה 2 Kings 14:26 (but read מר, √ מרר, KmpKau כִּי מַר הוּא); מוֺרֶה Deuteronomy 21:18 + 3 times;
[H4754 feminine מֹרְאָה Zephaniah 3:1 (read מֹרָה; metaplastic form according to Ges§ 75 R. 22)];
plural מֹרִים Numbers 20:10; — be disobedient, rebellious:
1. בֵּן סוֺרֵר וּמֹרֶה Deuteronomy 21:18, 20 stubborn and rebellious son (towards father).
2. elsewhere towards God: דֹּר סוֺרֵר וּמֹרֶה Psalm 78:8; לֵב סורר ומ׳ Jeremiah 5:23; מוֺרְאָה ונגאלה הָעִיר [H4754 Zephaniah 3:1]; הַמֹּרִים Numbers 20:10 ye rebels (P); absolute Isaiah 50:5; Isaiah 63:10; Lamentations 1:20 (twice in verse); || מאן Isaiah 1:20; פשׁע Lamentations 3:42; with בְּ person Hosea 14:1 [Hosea 13:16]; Psalm 5:11 [Psalm 5:10], elsewhere accusative of person Jeremiah 4:17; י׳'s words Psalm 105:28; מרה (את) פי Numbers 20:24; Numbers 27:14 (P), 1 Samuel 12:15; 1 Kings 13:21, 26 (D2) Lamentations 1:18. — In H7378 Hosea 4:4 read perhaps מָרוּ בִי have rebelled against me (for MT כִּמְרִיבֵי), so RSProph. iv. n. 8 Che (for other views see H7378 ריב).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural הִמְרוּ Psalm 106:33; Psalm 107:11; Imperfect יַמְרֶה Joshua 1:18; feminine וַתֶּ֫מֶר Ezekiel 5:6; 2nd person masculine singular תַּמֵּר (as if √ מרר) H4843 Exodus 23:21, read תֶּ֫מֶר Di and others; 3rd person masculine plural יַמְרוּ Psalm 106:43 + 6 times; suffix יַמְרוּהוּ Psalm 78:40; 2nd person masculine plural תַּמְרוּ 1 Samuel 12:14 + 3 times; Infinitive construct לַמְרוֺת Isaiah 3:8; Psalm 78:17; suffix הַמְּרוֺתָם (Ges§ 20. 2 b) Job 17:2; Participle plural מַמְרִים Deuteronomy 9:7 + 2 times; — shew disobedience, rebelliousness, always toward God: absolute Nehemiah 9:26. (|| מרד), Psalm 106:7; Psalm 106:43; Job 17:2; with בְּ person H4843 Exodus 23:21; Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21; עִם Deuteronomy 9:7, 24; Deuteronomy 31:27; elsewhere accusative of God or his commands: Isaiah 3:8; Ezekiel 5:6; Psalm 78:17; Psalm 78:40; Psalm 78:56; Psalm 107:11; המרה את פי Deuteronomy 1:26, 43; Deuteronomy 9:23; Joshua 1:18; 1 Samuel 12:14 (D2), אתרֿוחוֺ Psalm 106:33 (compare Eph 4:30); perhaps Psalm 139:20 (see H559 אָמַר 1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

20:10; 20:10; 20:24; 27:14

Deuteronomy

1:26; 1:43; 9:7; 9:7; 9:23; 9:24; 21:18; 21:18; 21:20; 31:27

Joshua

1:18; 1:18

1 Samuel

12:14; 12:14; 12:15

1 Kings

13:21; 13:21; 13:26; 13:26

2 Kings

14:26

Nehemiah

9:26

Job

17:2; 17:2

Psalms

5:10; 78:8; 78:17; 78:17; 78:40; 78:40; 78:56; 105:28; 106:7; 106:33; 106:33; 106:43; 106:43; 107:11; 107:11

Isaiah

1:20; 3:8; 3:8; 50:5; 63:10

Jeremiah

4:17; 4:17; 5:23

Lamentations

1:18; 1:20; 1:20; 3:42

Ezekiel

5:6; 5:6; 20:8; 20:13; 20:21

Hosea

13:16; 13:16

Ephesians

4:30

H4784

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Strong's Number H4784 matches the Hebrew מָרָה (mārâ),
which occurs 45 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and said to them, Hear me, ye disobedient ones; must we bring you water out of this rock?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - Let Aaron be added to his people; for ye shall certainly not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because ye provoked me at the water of strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - because ye transgressed my commandment in the wilderness of Sin, when the congregation resisted and refused to sanctify me; ye sanctified me not at the water before them. This is the water of Strife in Cades in the wilderness of Sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43 - And I spoke to you, and ye did not hearken to me; and ye transgressed the commandment of the Lord; and ye forced your way and went up into the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - Remember, forget not, how much thou provokedst the Lord thy God in the wilderness: from the day that ye came forth out of Egypt, even till ye came into this place, ye continued to be disobedient toward the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - And when the Lord sent you forth from Cades Barne, saying, Go up and inherit the land which I give to you, then ye disobeyed the word of the Lord your God, and believed him not, and hearkened not to his voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24 - Ye were disobedient [fn]in the things relating to the Lord from the day in which he became known to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not hearken to them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveller and a drunkard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - And whosoever shall disobey thee, and whosoever shall not hearken to thy words as thou shalt command him, let him die; but be thou strong and courageous.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - If ye should fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not resist the mouth of the Lord, and ye and your king that reigns over you should follow the Lord, well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - But if ye should not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and ye should resist the mouth of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you and upon your king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Juda, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast [fn]resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - And the prophet that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and [fn]destitute, and Israel had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 - But they turned, and revolted from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs; and they slew thy prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:2 - Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - (LXX 5:11) Judge them, O God; let them [fn]fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - (LXX 77:8) That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not [fn]steadfast with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - (LXX 77:17) And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 - (LXX 77:40) How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and anger him in a dry land!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - (LXX 77:56) Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - (LXX 104:28) He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they [fn]rebelled against his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - (LXX 105:7) Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, and remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; but provoked him as they went up by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33 - (LXX 105:33) for they provoked his spirit, and he [fn]spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - (LXX 105:43) Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - (LXX 106:11) because they [fn]rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - but if ye be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For Jerusalem is [fn]ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues have spoken with iniquity, disobedient as they are towards the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they disobeyed, and provoked his Holy Spirit: so he turned to be an enemy, he himself contended against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because thou, saith the Lord, hast neglected me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23 - But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - Tsade. The Lord is righteous; for I have provoked his mouth: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my grief: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Rhechs. Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: my belly is troubled, and my heart is turned within me; for I have been grievously rebellious: abroad the sword has bereaved me, even as death at home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:42 - We have sinned, we have transgressed; and thou hast not pardoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - And thou shalt declare mine ordinances to the lawless one from out of the nations; and my statutes to the sinful one of the countries round about her: because they have rejected mine ordinances, and have not walked in my statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - But they revolted from me, and would not hearken to me: they cast not away the abominations of their eyes, and forsook not the devices of Egypt: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my wrath upon them in the midst of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, Walk ye in my commandments: but they walked not in them, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them; and they grievously profaned my sabbaths: and I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - But they provoked me, and their children walked not in my commandments, and they took no heed to mine ordinances to do them, which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them, and they profaned my sabbaths: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to accomplish mine anger upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - (LXX 14:1) Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women with child ripped up.
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