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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 Box Num 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - congregata multitudine ante petram dixitque eis audite rebelles et increduli num de petra hac vobis aquam poterimus eicere

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - pergat inquit Aaron ad populos suos non enim intrabit terram quam dedi filiis Israhel eo quod incredulus fuerit ori meo ad aquas Contradictionis

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - quia offendistis me in deserto Sin in contradictione multitudinis nec sanctificare me voluistis coram ea super aquas hae sunt aquae Contradictionis in Cades deserti Sin

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - et noluistis ascendere sed increduli ad sermonem Domini Dei nostri

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43 - locutus sum et non audistis sed adversantes imperio Domini et tumentes superbia ascendistis in montem

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - memento et ne obliviscaris quomodo ad iracundiam provocaveris Dominum Deum tuum in solitudine ex eo die quo es egressus ex Aegypto usque ad locum istum semper adversum Dominum contendisti

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - et quando misit vos de Cadesbarne dicens ascendite et possidete terram quam dedi vobis et contempsistis imperium Domini Dei vestri et non credidistis ei neque vocem eius audire voluistis

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24 - sed semper fuistis rebelles a die qua nosse vos coepi

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - si genuerit homo filium contumacem et protervum qui non audiat patris aut matris imperium et coercitus oboedire contempserit

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - dicentque ad eos filius noster iste protervus et contumax est monita nostra audire contemnit comesationibus vacat et luxuriae atque conviviis

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - ego enim scio contentionem tuam et cervicem tuam durissimam adhuc vivente me et ingrediente vobiscum semper contentiose egistis contra Dominum quanto magis cum mortuus fuero

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - qui contradixerit ori tuo et non oboedierit cunctis sermonibus quos praeceperis ei moriatur tu tantum confortare et viriliter age

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - si timueritis Dominum et servieritis ei et audieritis vocem eius et non exasperaveritis os Domini eritis et vos et rex qui imperat vobis sequentes Dominum Deum vestrum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - si autem non audieritis vocem Domini sed exasperaveritis sermonem Domini erit manus Domini super vos et super patres vestros

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - et contristatus est David valde volebat enim eum populus lapidare quia amara erat anima uniuscuiusque viri super filiis suis et filiabus confortatus est autem David in Domino Deo suo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - et exclamavit ad virum Dei qui venerat de Iuda dicens haec dicit Dominus quia inoboediens fuisti ori Domini et non custodisti mandatum quod praecepit tibi Dominus Deus tuus

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - quod cum audisset propheta ille qui reduxerat eum de via ait vir Dei est qui inoboediens fuit ori Domini et tradidit eum Dominus leoni et confregit eum et occidit iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus est ei

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - vidit enim Dominus adflictionem Israhel amaram nimis et quod consumpti essent usque ad clausos carcere et extremos et non esset qui auxiliaretur Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 - provocaverunt autem te ad iracundiam et recesserunt a te et proiecerunt legem tuam post terga sua et prophetas tuos occiderunt qui contestabantur eos ut reverterentur ad te feceruntque blasphemias grandes

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:2 - non peccavi et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - [Vulgate 5:11] sepulchrum patens guttur eorum linguam suam levificant condemna eos Deus decidant a consiliis suis iuxta multitudinem scelerum eorum expelle eos quoniam provocaverunt te

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - [Vulgate 77:8] ut non sint sicut patres eorum generatio declinans et provocans generatio quae non praeparavit cor suum et non credidit Deo spiritus eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - [Vulgate 77:17] et addiderunt ultra peccare ei ut provocarent Excelsum in invio

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 - [Vulgate 77:40] quotiens provocaverunt eum in deserto adflixerunt eum in solitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - [Vulgate 77:56] et temptaverunt et provocaverunt Deum excelsum et testimonia eius non custodierunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - [Vulgate 104:28] misit tenebras et contenebravit et non fuerunt increduli verbis eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - [Vulgate 105:7] patres nostri in Aegypto non intellexerunt mirabilia tua non sunt recordati multitudinis misericordiae tuae et ad iracundiam provocaverunt super mare in mari Rubro

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33 - [Vulgate 105:33] quia provocaverunt spiritum eius et praecepit labiis suis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - [Vulgate 105:43] multis vicibus liberavit eos ipsi vero provocabant in consiliis suis et humiliati sunt propter iniquitates suas

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - [Vulgate 106:11] quia provocaverunt sermones Dei et consilium Excelsi blasphemaverunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - quod si nolueritis et me provocaveritis ad iracundiam gladius devorabit vos quia os Domini locutum est

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - ruit enim Hierusalem et Iudas concidit quia lingua eorum et adinventiones eorum contra Dominum ut provocarent oculos maiestatis eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - Dominus Deus aperuit mihi aurem ego autem non contradico retrorsum non abii

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - ipsi autem ad iracundiam provocaverunt et adflixerunt spiritum Sancti eius et conversus est eis in inimicum et ipse debellavit eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - quasi custodes agrorum facti sunt super eam in gyro quia me ad iracundiam provocavit ait Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23 - populo autem huic factum est cor incredulum et exasperans recesserunt et abierunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - SADE iustus est Dominus quia os eius ad iracundiam provocavi audite obsecro universi populi et videte dolorem meum virgines meae et iuvenes mei abierunt in captivitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - RES vide Domine quoniam tribulor venter meus conturbatus est subversum est cor meum in memet ipsa quoniam amaritudine plena sum foris interfecit gladius et domi mors similis est

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:42 - NUN nos inique egimus et ad iracundiam provocavimus idcirco tu inexorabilis es

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - et contempsit iudicia mea ut plus esset impia quam gentes et praecepta mea ultra quam terrae quae in circuitu eius sunt iudicia enim mea proiecerunt et in praeceptis meis non ambulaverunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - et inritaverunt me nolueruntque audire unusquisque abominationes oculorum suorum non proiecit nec idola Aegypti reliquerunt et dixi ut effunderem indignationem meam super eos et implerem iram meam in eis in medio terrae Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - et inritaverunt me domus Israhel in deserto in praeceptis meis non ambulaverunt et iudicia mea proiecerunt quae faciens homo vivet in eis et sabbata mea violaverunt vehementer dixi ergo ut effunderem furorem meum super eos in deserto et consumerem eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - et exacerbaverunt me filii in praeceptis meis non ambulaverunt et iudicia mea non custodierunt ut facerent ea quae cum fecerit homo vivet in eis et sabbata mea violaverunt et comminatus sum ut effunderem furorem meum super eos et implerem iram meam in eis in deserto

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - [Vulgate 14:1] pereat Samaria quoniam ad amaritudinem concitavit Dominum suum in gladio pereat parvuli eorum elidantur et fetae eius discindantur
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