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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 - "When a man's head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the LORD's temple were made from polished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, "You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - "Son of man, prophesy and say: 'This is what the Lord says: "'A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! "'Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - "'He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand - the sword is sharpened, it is polished - giving it into the hand of the executioner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - "As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say: "'A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning -

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - "Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.
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