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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
Dictionary Aids

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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - and Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 gathered H6950 the assembly H6951 before H413 H6440 the rock. H5553 And he said H559 to them, “Listen H8085 now, H4994 you rebels; H4784 shall we bring H3318 forth H3318 water H4325 for you out of this H2088 rock?” H5553

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - “Aaron H175 will be gathered H622 to his people; H5971 for he shall not enter H935 the land H776 which H834 I have given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 because H5921 H834 you rebelled H4784 against H854 My [fn]command H6310 at the waters H4325 of Meribah. H4809

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - for in the wilderness H4057 of Zin, H6790 during the strife H4808 of the congregation, H5712 you rebelled H4784 against H854 My [fn]command H6310 [fn]to treat H6942 Me as holy H6942 before H6440 their eyes H5869 at the water.” H4325 (These H1992 are the waters H4325 of Meribah H4809 of Kadesh H6946 in the wilderness H4057 of Zin.) H6790

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - “Yet you were not willing H14 to go H5927 up, but rebelled H4784 against H854 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 your God; H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43 - “So I spoke H1696 to you, but you would not listen. H8085 Instead you rebelled H4784 against H854 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD, H3068 and acted H2102 presumptuously H2102 and went H5927 up into the hill H2022 country. H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember, H2142 do not forget H7911 how H854 H834 you provoked H7107 the LORD H3068 your God H430 to wrath H7107 in the wilderness; H4057 from the day H3117 that you left H3318 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 until H5704 you arrived H935 at this H2088 place, H4725 you have been H1961 rebellious H4784 against H5973 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - “When the LORD H3068 sent H7971 you from Kadesh-barnea, H6947 saying, H559 ‘Go H5927 up and possess H3423 the land H776 which H834 I have given H5414 you,’ then you rebelled H4784 against H854 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 your God; H430 you neither H3808 believed H539 Him nor H3808 listened H8085 to His voice. H6963

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24 - “You have been H1961 rebellious H4784 against H5973 the LORD H3068 from the day H3117 I knew H3045 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - “If H3588 any H376 man H376 has H1961 a stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 son H1121 who will not obey H8085 H6963 his father H1 or his mother, H517 and when they chastise H3256 him, he will not even listen H8085 to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - “They shall say H559 to the elders H2205 of his city, H5892 ‘This H2088 son H1121 of ours is stubborn H5637 and rebellious, H4784 he will not obey H8085 H6963 us, he is a glutton H2151 and a drunkard.’ H5433

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - “For I know H3045 your rebellion H4805 and your [fn]stubbornness; H7186 H6203 behold, H2005 while I am still H5750 alive H2416 with you today, H3117 you have been H1961 rebellious H4784 against H5973 the LORD; H3068 how H637 much H637 H3588 more, H637 H3588 then, after H310 my death? H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - “Anyone H3605 H376 who H834 rebels H4784 against H854 your [fn]command H6310 and does not obey H8085 your words H1697 in all H3605 that you command H6680 him, shall be put H4191 to death; H4191 only H7534 be strong H2388 and courageous.” H553

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “If H518 you will fear H3372 the LORD H3068 and serve H5647 Him, and listen H8085 to His voice H6963 and not rebel H4784 against H854 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD, H3068 then both H1571 you and also H1571 the king H4428 who H834 reigns H4427 over H5921 you will follow H310 the LORD H3068 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - “If H518 you will not listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD, H3068 but rebel H4784 against H854 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD, H3068 then the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 will be against you, as it was against your fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - Moreover David H1732 was greatly H3966 distressed H6887 because H3588 the people H5971 spoke H559 of stoning H5619 him, for all H3605 the people H5971 were [fn]embittered, H4843 each H376 one H376 because H5921 of his sons H1121 and his daughters. H1323 But David H1732 strengthened H2388 himself in the LORD H3068 his God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he cried H7121 to the man H376 of God H430 who H834 came H935 from Judah, H3063 saying, H559 “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 ‘Because H3282 H3588 you have [fn]disobeyed H4784 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD, H3068 and have not observed H8104 the commandment H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 commanded H6680 you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - Now when the prophet H5030 who H834 brought H7725 him back H7725 from the way H1870 heard H8085 it, he said, H559 “It is the man H376 of God, H430 who H834 [fn]disobeyed H4784 the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD; H3068 therefore the LORD H3068 has given H5414 him to the lion, H738 which has torn H7665 him and killed H4191 him, according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He spoke H1696 to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD H3068 saw H7200 the affliction H6040 of Israel, H3478 which was very H3966 bitter; H4784 for there was neither H657 bond H6113 nor H657 free, H5800 nor H369 was there H369 any helper H5826 for Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 - “But they became H4784 disobedient H4784 and rebelled H4775 against You,
And cast H7993 Your law H8451 behind H310 their backs H1458
And killed H2026 Your prophets H5030 who H834 had admonished H5749 them
So that they might return H7725 to You,
And they committed H6213 great H1419 [fn]blasphemies. H5007

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:2 - “Surely H518 H3808 mockers H2049 are with me,
And my eye H5869 [fn]gazes H3885 on their provocation. H4784

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - Hold H816 them guilty, H816 O God; H430
By their own devices H4156 let them fall! H5307
In the multitude H7230 of their transgressions H6588 thrust H5080 them out,
For they are rebellious H4784 against You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - And not be like their fathers, H1
A stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 generation, H1755
A generation H1755 that did not [fn]prepare H3559 its heart H3820
And whose spirit H7307 was not faithful H539 to God. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - Yet they still H5750 continued H3254 to sin H2398 against Him,
To rebel H4784 against the Most H5945 High H5945 in the desert. H6723

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 - How H4100 often H4100 they rebelled H4784 against Him in the wilderness H4057
And grieved H6087 Him in the desert! H3452

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they [fn]tempted H5254 and rebelled H4784 against H854 the Most H5945 High H5945 God H430
And did not keep H8104 His testimonies, H5713

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He sent H7971 darkness H2822 and made H2821 it dark; H2821
And they did not rebel H4784 against H854 His words. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers H1 in Egypt H4714 did not understand H7919 Your [fn]wonders; H6381
They did not remember H2142 [fn]Your abundant H7230 kindnesses, H2617
But rebelled H4784 by the sea, H3220 at the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33 - Because H3588 they were rebellious H4784 against H854 [fn]His Spirit, H7307
He spoke H981 rashly H981 with his lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many H7227 times H6471 He would deliver H5337 them;
They, however, were rebellious H4784 in their counsel, H6098
And so sank H4355 down H4355 in their iniquity. H5771

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - Because H3588 they had rebelled H4784 against the words H561 of God H410
And spurned H5006 the counsel H6098 of the Most H5945 High. H5945

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - “But if H518 you refuse H3985 and rebel, H4784
You will be devoured H398 by the sword.” H2719
Truly, H3588 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 has spoken. H1696

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For Jerusalem H3389 has stumbled H3782 and Judah H3063 has fallen, H5307
Because H3588 their [fn]speech H3956 and their actions H4611 are against H413 the LORD, H3068
To rebel H4784 against [fn]His glorious H3519 presence. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - The Lord H136 GOD H3068 has opened H6605 My ear; H241
And I was not disobedient H4784
Nor H3808 did I turn H5472 back. H268

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they rebelled H4784
And grieved H6087 His Holy H6944 Spirit; H7307
Therefore He turned H2015 Himself to become their enemy, H340
He fought H3898 against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - ‘Like watchmen H8104 of a field H7704 they are against H5921 her round H5439 about, H5439
Because H3588 she has rebelled H4784 against Me,’ declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23 - ‘But this H2088 people H5971 has H1961 a stubborn H5637 and rebellious H4784 heart; H3820
They have turned H5493 aside H5493 and departed. H1980

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For I have rebelled H4784 against H854 His [fn]command; H6310
Hear H8085 now, H4994 all H3605 peoples, H5971
And behold H7200 my [fn]pain; H4341
My virgins H1330 and my young H970 men H970
Have gone H1980 into captivity. H7628

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “See, H7200 O LORD, H3068 for I am in distress; H6887
My [fn]spirit H4578 is greatly H2560 troubled; H2560
My heart H3820 is overturned H2015 within H7130 me,
For I have been very H4784 rebellious. H4784
In the street H2351 the sword H2719 [fn]slays; H7921
In the house H1004 it is like death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:42 - We have transgressed H6586 and rebelled, H4784
You have not pardoned. H5545

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the house H1004 of Israel H3478 rebelled H4784 against Me in the wilderness. H4057 They did not walk H1980 in My statutes H2708 and they rejected H3988 My ordinances, H4941 by which, H834 if a man H120 [fn]observes H6213 them, he will live; H2421 and My sabbaths H7676 they greatly H3966 profaned. H2490 Then I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out My wrath H2534 on them in the wilderness, H4057 to annihilate H3615 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But the children H1121 rebelled H4784 against Me; they did not walk H1980 in My statutes, H2708 nor H3808 were they careful H8104 to observe H6213 My ordinances, H4941 by which, H834 if a man H120 observes H6213 them, he will live; H2421 they profaned H2490 My sabbaths. H7676 So I [fn]resolved H559 to pour H8210 out My wrath H2534 on them, to accomplish H3615 My anger H639 against them in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - [fn]Samaria H8111 will be held H816 guilty, H816
For she has rebelled H4784 against her God. H430
They will fall H5307 by the sword, H2719
Their little H5768 ones H5768 will be dashed H7376 in pieces, H7376
And their pregnant H2030 women H2030 will be ripped H1234 open. H1234
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