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Lexicon :: Strong's H4751 - mar

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מַר
Transliteration
mar
Pronunciation
mar
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1248a,1248c

Strong’s Definitions

מַר mar, mar; or (feminine) מָרָה mârâh; from H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly:— angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, × great, heavy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H4751 in the following manner: bitter (20x), bitterness (10x), bitterly (3x), chafed (1x), angry (1x), discontented (1x), heavy (1x), bitter thing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H4751 in the following manner: bitter (20x), bitterness (10x), bitterly (3x), chafed (1x), angry (1x), discontented (1x), heavy (1x), bitter thing (1x).
adjective

  1. bitter, bitterness

    1. of water or food

    2. of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.)

    3. of pain (subst)

      adverb

  2. bitterly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַר mar, mar; or (feminine) מָרָה mârâh; from H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly:— angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, × great, heavy.
STRONGS H4751: Abbreviations
† I. מַר adjective and substantive bitter, bitterness; — absolute מ׳ Proverbs 27:7 +, הַמַּר Habakkuk 1:6, מָ֑ר Psalm 64:4 [Psalm 64:3] +; construct מַר 1 Samuel 22:2 +; feminine מָרָה Genesis 27:34 +, מָרָא H4755 Ruth 1:20; construct מָרַת 1 Samuel 1:10; masculine plural מָרִים Exodus 15:23 +; construct מָרֵי Judges 18:25; Proverbs 31:6; — bitter:
1. literally, of water Exodus 15:23 (J); food Proverbs 27:7 (opposed to מָתוֺק); wormwood (לַעֲנָה Proverbs 5:4 (in simile of end of harlot, compare Ecclesiastes 7:26 below); as substantive plural, of physical pain, result of curse לְמָרִים Numbers 5:24, 27, whence מֵי הַמָּרִים Numbers 5:18 (compare Di) Numbers 5:19; Numbers 5:23; Numbers 5:24; of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2 Samuel 2:26; of wickedness Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 4:18; = injurious, hurtful Isaiah 5:20 (twice in verse) (opposed to מָתוֺק).
2. figurative,
a. of cry (צְעָקָה, זְעָקָה) Genesis 27:34 (J), Esther 4:1; מָ֑ר מִסְפֵּד Ezekiel 27:31 (strike out Co); דָּבָר מָ֑ר Psalm 64:4 [Psalm 64:3]; as adverb (cry, weep) bitterly Ezekiel 27:30 (מָרָה), Zephaniah 1:14; Isaiah 33:7 (both מַר).
b. of feeling, temper, especially with נֶפֶשׁ : אֲנָשִׁים מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ Judges 18:25 men fierce (GFM acrid) of temper, so 2 Samuel 17:8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); הַגּוֺי הַמַּר Habakkuk 1:6 the fierce nation; מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ = discontented 1 Samuel 22:2; מַרֵי נֶפֶשׁ = the bitterly wretched Job 3:20; Proverbs 31:6, so מָרַת נ׳ 1 Samuel 1:10; compare יוֺם מָ֑ר Amos 8:10; as substantive abstract מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ bitterness of soul Isaiah 38:15; Ezekiel 27:31 (strike out Co), Job 7:11; Job 10:1 = נפשׁ מָרָה Job 21:25; compare מָרָא H4755 Ruth 1:20 (name given to Naomi by herself); מַרהַֿמָּוֶת 1 Samuel 15:32 the bitterness of death; מַרמִֿמָּוֶת Ecclesiastes 7:26 (metaphor of harlot); in Ezekiel 3:14 I went bitterly, strike out מַר Co. — Isaiah 38:17 see H4843 מרר.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:34; 27:34

Exodus

15:23; 15:23

Numbers

5:18; 5:19; 5:23; 5:24; 5:24; 5:27

Judges

18:25; 18:25

1 Samuel

1:10; 1:10; 15:32; 22:2; 22:2

2 Samuel

2:26; 17:8

Esther

4:1

Job

3:20; 7:11; 10:1; 21:25

Psalms

64:3; 64:3

Proverbs

5:4; 27:7; 27:7; 31:6; 31:6

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 7:26

Isaiah

5:20; 33:7; 38:15; 38:17

Jeremiah

2:19; 4:18

Ezekiel

3:14; 27:30; 27:31; 27:31

Amos

8:10

Habakkuk

1:6; 1:6

Zephaniah

1:14

H4751

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Strong's Number H4751 matches the Hebrew מַר (mar),
which occurs 39 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau H6215 heard H8085 the words H1697 of his father, H1 he cried H6817 out with an exceedingly H3966 great H1419 and bitter H4751 cry, H6818 and said H559 to his father, H1 “Bless H1288 me, even me also, H1571 O my father!” H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - When they came H935 to Marah, H4785 they could H3201 not drink H8354 the waters H4325 [fn]of Marah, H4785 for they were [fn]bitter; H4751 therefore H5921 H3651 it was named H7121 H8034 [fn]Marah. H4785

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - ‘The priest H3548 shall then have the woman H802 stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD H3068 and let H6544 the hair of the woman’s H802 head H7218 go H6544 loose, H6544 and place H5414 the grain offering H4503 of memorial H2146 [fn]in her hands, H3709 which H1931 is the grain offering H4503 of jealousy, H7068 and in the hand H3027 of the priest H3548 is to be the water H4325 of bitterness H4751 that brings H779 a curse. H779

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘The priest H3548 shall have her take H7650 an oath H7650 and shall say H559 to the woman, H802 “If H518 no H3808 man H376 has lain H7901 with you and if H518 you have not gone H7847 astray H7847 into uncleanness, H2932 being under H8478 the authority of your husband, H376 be [fn]immune H5352 to this H428 water H4325 of bitterness H4751 that brings H779 a curse; H779

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - ‘The priest H3548 shall then write H3789 these H428 curses H423 on a scroll, H5612 and he shall [fn]wash H4229 them off H4229 into the water H4325 of bitterness. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - ‘Then he shall make the woman H802 drink H8248 the water H4325 of bitterness H4751 that brings H779 a curse, H779 so that the water H4325 which brings H779 a curse H779 will go H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made her drink H8248 the water, H4325 then it shall come H1961 about, if H518 she has defiled H2930 herself and has been H4603 unfaithful H4604 to her husband, H376 that the water H4325 which brings H779 a curse H779 will go H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness, H4751 and her abdomen H990 will swell H6638 and her thigh H3409 will [fn]waste H5307 away, H5307 and the woman H802 will become H1961 a curse H423 among H7130 her people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:25 - The sons H1121 of Dan H1835 said H559 to him, “Do not let your voice H6963 be heard H8085 among H5973 us, or H6435 else H6435 [fn]fierce H4751 H5315 men H376 will fall H6293 upon you and you will [fn]lose H622 your life, H5315 with the lives H5315 of your household.” H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:10 - She, [fn]greatly H4751 distressed, H4751 prayed H6419 to the LORD H3068 and wept H1058 bitterly. H1058

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel H8050 said, H559 “Bring H5066 me Agag, H90 the king H4428 of the Amalekites.” H6002 And Agag H90 came H1980 to him [fn]cheerfully. H4575 And Agag H90 said, H559 “Surely H403 the bitterness H4751 of death H4194 is past.” H5493

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - Everyone H3605 who was in distress, H4689 and everyone H3605 who H834 [fn]was in debt, H5377 and everyone H3605 who was [fn]discontented H4751 H5315 gathered H6908 to him; and he became H1961 captain H8269 over H5921 them. Now there were about four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner H74 called H7121 to Joab H3097 and said, H559 “Shall the sword H2719 devour H398 forever? H5331 Do you not know H3045 that it will be bitter H4751 in the end? H314 How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you [fn]refrain H3808 from telling H559 the people H5971 to turn H7725 back H7725 from following H310 their brothers?” H251

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Moreover, Hushai H2365 said, H559 “You know H3045 your father H1 and his men, H376 that they are mighty H1368 men H1368 and they are [fn]fierce, H4751 H5315 like a bear H1677 robbed H7909 of her cubs H7909 in the field. H7704 And your father H1 is an [fn]expert H376 in warfare, H4421 and will not spend H3885 the night H3885 with the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai H4782 learned H3045 all H3605 that had been done, H6213 [fn]he tore H7167 his clothes, H899 put H3847 on sackcloth H8242 and ashes, H665 and went H3318 out into the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and wailed H2199 loudly H1419 and bitterly. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - “Why H4100 is light H216 given H5414 to him who H6001 suffers, H6001
And life H2416 to the bitter H4751 of soul, H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - “Therefore H1571 I will not restrain H2820 my mouth; H6310
I will speak H1696 in the anguish H6862 of my spirit, H7307
I will complain H7878 in the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 - “[fn]I loathe H6962 my own life; H2416
I will give H5800 full H5800 H5921 vent H5800 to my complaint; H7879
I will speak H1696 in the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:25 - While another H2088 dies H4191 with a bitter H4751 soul, H5315
Never H3808 even [fn]tasting H398 anything good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - Who H834 have sharpened H8150 their tongue H3956 like a sword. H2719
They aimed H1869 bitter H4751 speech H1697 as their arrow, H2671

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 - But in the end H319 she is bitter H4751 as wormwood, H3939
Sharp H2299 as a two-edged H6310 sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - A sated H7649 [fn]man H5315 [fn]loathes H947 honey, H5317
But to a famished H7457 [fn]man H5315 any H3605 bitter H4751 thing H4751 is sweet. H4966

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:6 - Give H5414 strong H7941 drink H7941 to him who is perishing, H6
And wine H3196 to him [fn]whose life H5315 is bitter. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I discovered H4672 more H4480 bitter H4751 than H4480 death H4194 the woman H802 whose H834 heart H3820 is snares H4685 and nets, H2764 whose hands H3027 are chains. H612 One H2896 who H2896 is pleasing H2896 to God H430 will escape H4422 from her, but the sinner H2398 will be captured H3920 by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe H1945 to those who call H559 evil H7451 good, H2896 and good H2896 evil; H7451
Who [fn]substitute H7760 darkness H2822 for light H216 and light H216 for darkness; H2822
Who [fn]substitute H7760 bitter H4751 for sweet H4966 and sweet H4966 for bitter! H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 - Behold, H2005 their brave H691 men H691 cry H6817 in [fn]the streets, H2351
The [fn]ambassadors H4397 of peace H7965 weep H1058 bitterly. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:15 - “What H4100 shall I say? H1696
[fn]For He has spoken H559 to me, and He Himself H1931 has done H6213 it;
I will wander H1718 about all H3605 my years H8141 because H5921 of the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - “Lo, H2009 for my own welfare H7965 I had H4843 great H4751 bitterness; H4751
It is You who has [fn]kept H2836 my soul H5315 from the pit H7845 of [fn]nothingness, H1097
For You have cast H7993 all H3605 my sins H2399 behind H310 Your back. H1460

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - “Your own wickedness H7451 will correct H3256 you,
And your apostasies H4878 will reprove H3198 you;
Know H3045 therefore and see H7200 that it is evil H7451 and bitter H4751
For you to forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 your God, H430
And the dread H6345 of Me is not in you,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 - “Your ways H1870 and your deeds H4611
Have [fn]brought H6213 these H428 things H428 to you.
This H2088 is your evil. H7451 How H3588 bitter! H4751
How H3588 it has touched H5060 your heart!” H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The roads H1870 [fn]of Zion H6726 are in mourning H57
Because H4480 H1097 no H1097 one comes H935 to the appointed H4150 feasts. H4150
All H3605 her gates H8179 are desolate; H8074
Her priests H3548 are groaning, H584
Her virgins H1330 are afflicted, H3013
And she herself H1931 [fn]is bitter. H4843

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:14 - So the Spirit H7307 lifted H5375 me up and took H3947 me away; and I went H1980 embittered H4751 in the rage H2534 of my spirit, H7307 and the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was strong H2389 on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - And they will make H8085 their voice H6963 heard H8085 over H5921 you
And will cry H2199 bitterly. H4751
They will cast H5927 dust H6083 on their heads, H7218
They will wallow H6428 in ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 - “Also they will make H7139 themselves bald H7139 H7144 for you
And gird H2296 themselves with sackcloth; H8242
And they will weep H1058 for you in bitterness H4751 of soul H5315
With bitter H4751 mourning. H4553

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - “Then I will turn H2015 your festivals H2282 into mourning H60
And all H3605 your songs H7892 into [fn]lamentation; H7015
And I will bring H5927 sackcloth H8242 on everyone’s H3605 loins H4975
And baldness H7144 on every H3605 head. H7218
And I will make H7760 it like a time of mourning H60 for an only H3173 son, H3173
And the end H319 of it will be like a bitter H4751 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - “For behold, H2009 I am raising H6965 up the Chaldeans, H3778
That [fn]fierce H4751 and impetuous H4116 people H1471
Who march H1980 [fn]throughout H4800 the earth H776
To [fn]seize H3423 dwelling H4908 places H4908 which are not theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - Near H7138 is the great H1419 day H3117 of the LORD, H3068
Near H7138 and coming H4118 very H3966 quickly; H4118
Listen, H6963 the day H3117 of the LORD! H3068
[fn]In it the warrior H1368 cries H6873 out bitterly. H4751
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