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Lexicon :: Strong's H4803 - māraṭ

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מָרַט
Transliteration
māraṭ
Pronunciation
maw-rat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1244

Strong’s Definitions

מָרַט mâraṭ, maw-rat'; a primitive root; to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen:—bright, furbish, (have his) hair (be) fallen off, peeled, pluck off (hair).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4803 in the following manner: furbished (3x), fallen (2x), plucked off (2x), peeled (1x), plucked off their hair (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H4803 in the following manner: furbished (3x), fallen (2x), plucked off (2x), peeled (1x), plucked off their hair (1x).

  1. to bare, polish, make smooth or bald or bare

    1. (Qal)

      1. to make bare

      2. to scour, polish

    2. (Niphal) to be made bald


See other verb form (Pual) under H4178
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָרַט mâraṭ, maw-rat'; a primitive root; to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen:—bright, furbish, (have his) hair (be) fallen off, peeled, pluck off (hair).
STRONGS H4803: Abbreviations
† [מָרַט] verb make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish (Late Hebrew id.; pull out, off (feathers, hair); Aramaic bdb059804. מְרַט id.; Arabic bdb059805 have little hair, bdb059806 pluck out hair); —
Qal Imperfect 1st person singular וָאֶמְרְטָה Ezra 9:3, suffix 3rd person masculine plural וָאֶמְרְטֵם Nehemiah 13:25; Infinitive construct מָרְטָה Ezekiel 21:16 [Ezekiel 21:11]; Participle plural מֹרְטִים Isaiah 50:6; passive feminine מְרוּטָה Ezekiel 21:14 [Ezekiel 21:9] + 2 times; —
1. make bare כָּל־כָּתֵף מְרוּטָה Ezekiel 29:18 every shoulder is laid bare (from chafing of burden; || כָּל־ראֹשׁ מֻקְרָח); the cheek (by plucking out beard) גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי לְמַכִּים וּלְחָיַי לְמֹרְטִ֑ים Isaiah 50:6; with accusative of person וָאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם Nehemiah 13:25 (both acts of violence); of hair and beard וָאֶמְרְטָה מִשְּׂעַר ראֹשִׁי וּזֶקָנִי Ezra 9:3 (sign of grief).
2. scour, polish, a sword, only Ezekiel 21:14 [Ezekiel 21:9] (+ הוּחַדָּת; Co reads מ׳ as Pu), Ezekiel 21:16 [Ezekiel 21:11] (strike out Co), Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28], + [H4593 Ezekiel 21:20 [Ezekiel 21:15]] מְרֻטָה for MT מְעֻטָּה (Ew Sm Co Berthol).
Niph. Imperfect יִמָּרֵט ראֹשׁוֺ Leviticus 13:40, 41 his head is made bald (by leprosy).

See bottom portion (Pu.) of this BDB entry H4178.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4804.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

13:40; 13:41

Ezra

9:3; 9:3

Nehemiah

13:25; 13:25

Isaiah

50:6; 50:6

Ezekiel

21:9; 21:9; 21:11; 21:11; 21:28; 29:18

H4803

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4803 matches the Hebrew מָרַט (māraṭ),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - And if a man’s hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Jehovah, were of burnished brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say thou, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
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