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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 - and Moses and Aaron assemble the assembly unto the front of the rock, and he saith to them, 'Hear, I pray you, O rebels, from this rock do we bring out to you water?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - 'Aaron is gathered unto his people, for he doth not go in unto the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because that ye provoked My mouth at the waters of Meribah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - because ye provoked My mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the company -- to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes;' they are waters of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - 'And ye have not been willing to go up, and ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43 - 'And I speak unto you, and ye have not hearkened, and provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and act proudly, and go up into the hill-country;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - 'Remember -- do not forget -- that with which thou hast made Jehovah thy God wroth in the wilderness; even from the day that thou hast come out of the land of Egypt till your coming in unto this place rebels ye have been with Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - and in Jehovah's sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24 - rebels ye have been with Jehovah from the day of my knowing you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - 'When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - for I -- I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - 'If ye fear Jehovah, and have served Him, and hearkened to His voice, then ye do not provoke the mouth of Jehovah, and ye have been -- both ye and the king who hath reigned over you -- after Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - 'And if ye do not hearken to the voice of Jehovah -- then ye have provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and the hand of Jehovah hath been against you, and against your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, 'Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - And the prophet who brought him back out of the way heareth and saith, 'It is the man of God who provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth him to the lion, and it destroyeth him, and putteth him to death, according to the word of Jehovah that he spake to him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - for Jehovah hath seen the affliction of Israel -- very bitter, and there is none restrained, and there is none left, and there is no helper to Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 - 'And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:2 - If not -- mockeries are with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 - How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - He hath sent darkness, and it is dark, And they have not provoked His word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33 - For they have provoked his spirit, And he speaketh wrongfully with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For stumbled hath Jerusalem, and Judah hath fallen, For their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - And they have rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit, And He turneth to them for an enemy, He Himself hath fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23 - And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - Righteous is Jehovah, For His mouth I have provoked. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - See, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house it is as death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:42 - We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - And she changeth My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, And My statutes more than the lands that are round about her, For against My judgments they have kicked, And My statutes -- they have not walked in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - And -- they rebel against Me, And have not been willing to hearken to Me, Each, the detestable things of their eyes, They have not cast away, And the idols of Egypt have not forsaken, And I say -- to pour out My fury on them, To complete Mine anger against them, In the midst of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - And -- rebel against me do the house of Israel in the wilderness, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have despised, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. And My sabbaths they have greatly polluted, And I say to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - And -- the sons rebel against Me, In My statutes they have not walked, And My judgments they have not observed -- to do them, Which the man who doth -- liveth by them. My sabbaths they have polluted, And I say to pour out My fury upon them, To complete Mine anger against them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!
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