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Lexicon :: Strong's H4843 - mārar

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מָרַר
Transliteration
mārar
Pronunciation
maw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1248

Strong’s Definitions

מָרַר mârar, maw-rar'; a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively):—(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H4843 in the following manner: bitterness (3x), bitter (2x), bitterly (2x), choler (2x), grieved (2x), vexed (2x), bitterness (with H4751) (1x), grieved him (1x), provoke (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H4843 in the following manner: bitterness (3x), bitter (2x), bitterly (2x), choler (2x), grieved (2x), vexed (2x), bitterness (with H4751) (1x), grieved him (1x), provoke (1x).

  1. to be bitter

    1. (Qal) to be bitter

    2. (Piel)

      1. to show bitterness

      2. to make bitter

    3. (Hiphil) to make bitter, embitter

    4. (Hithpalpel)

      1. to embitter oneself

      2. to be enraged

  2. (TWOT) to be strong, strengthen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָרַר mârar, maw-rar'; a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively):—(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
STRONGS H4843: Abbreviations
† I. מָרַר verb be bitter (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian marâru and derivatives DlHWB 427; Arabic bdb060002 become roused (of bile), II. make bitter, IV. become bitter; bdb060003 bitter; Ethiopic bdb060004; Aramaic bdb060005, מְרַר); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מַר Isaiah 38:17 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular מָ֫רָה 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Kings 4:27; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵמַר Isaiah 24:9; — be bitter:
1. literal יֵמַר שֵׁכָר לְשֹׁתָיו Isaiah 24:9.
2. figurative מָ֫רָה נֶפֶשׁ 1 Samuel 30:6 the soul of all the people was bitter against (עַלֿ); נַפְשָׁהּ מָ֫רָהלָֿהּ 2 Kings 4:27 her soul, it is bitter to her (i.e. she is in bitter distress); impersonal מַרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּם Ruth 1:13 it is very bitter to me on your account (I am much distressed), compare Lamentations 1:4. — לְשָׁלוֺם מַרלִֿי מָ֑ר Isaiah 38:17 is dubious; CheComm. for (my) welfare was it (so) bitter to me, (so) bitter, compare Brd; so De Kau (treating מר apparently as adjective); < Drechsl. Di for my welfare did the bitter become bitter to me (מָ֑ר adjective); Lo Gr, compare Buhl (sub מַר adjective), read מָר for מַר (√ מור), the bitter is changed for me into welfare; CheHpt strike out מָ֑ר; Du (after Greek Version of the LXX) strike out clause as gloss.
Pi. Imperfect 1st person singular אֲמָרֵר Isaiah 22:4; 3rd person masculine plural וַיְמָֽרֲרוּ Exodus 1:14, suffix וַיְמָֽרֲרֻהוּ Genesis 49:23; — make bitter, shew bitterness: —
1. וַיְמ׳ Genesis 49:23 (poem) and the archers shewed bitterness (i.e. bitter hostility) toward him (suffix of indirect object); אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִ֑י Isaiah 22:4 I will shew bitterness in weeping (= weep bitterly).
2. אֶתחַֿיֵּיהֶם וַיְמ׳ Exodus 1:14 (P) and they made their lives bitter by slavery.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵמַר Ruth 1:20; Job 27:2; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּמֵּר Exodus 23:21 (but read תֶּ֫מֶר √ מרה Hiph. which see); Infinitive absolute הָמֵר Zechariah 12:10 (twice in verse); — make bitter, shew bitterness:
1. שַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי Job 27:2 Shadday, who hath embittered my soul; הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד Ruth 1:20.
2. וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַלהַֿבְּכוֺר Zechariah 12:10 and a bitter outcry (= literally shewing bitterness; || מִסְפֵּד, סָפַד) over him, like a bitter outcry over the first-born.
Hithpalp. Imperfect וְיִתְמַרְמַר Daniel 11:11 and the king of the south shall embitter himself (be enraged); אֶלֿ וַיִּתְמ׳ Daniel 8:7 and he was enraged against.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:23; 49:23

Exodus

1:14; 1:14; 23:21

Ruth

1:13; 1:20; 1:20

1 Samuel

30:6; 30:6

2 Kings

4:27; 4:27

Job

27:2; 27:2

Isaiah

22:4; 22:4; 24:9; 24:9; 38:17; 38:17

Lamentations

1:4

Daniel

8:7; 11:11

Zechariah

12:10; 12:10

H4843

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Strong's Number H4843 matches the Hebrew מָרַר (mārar),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:23 - The archers H1167 H2671 have sorely grieved him, H4843 and shot H7232 at him, and hated him: H7852

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - And they made H4843 ➔ their lives H2416 bitter H4843 with hard H7186 bondage, H5656 in morter, H2563 and in brick, H3843 and in all manner of service H5656 in the field: H7704 all their service, H5656 wherein they made them serve, H5647 was with rigour. H6531

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - Beware H8104 of H6440 him, and obey H8085 his voice, H6963 provoke H4843 him not; for he will not pardon H5375 your transgressions: H6588 for my name H8034 is in him. H7130

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - Would ye tarry H7663 for them H3860 till they were grown? H1431 would ye stay H5702 for them H3860 from having husbands? H376 nay, my daughters; H1323 for it grieveth H4843 me much H3966 for your sakes that the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 is gone out H3318 against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - And she said H559 unto them, Call H7121 me not Naomi, H5281 call H7121 me Mara: H4755 for the Almighty H7706 hath dealt very H3966 bitterly H4843 with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And when she came H935 to the man H376 of God H430 to the hill, H2022 she caught H2388 him by the feet: H7272 but Gehazi H1522 came near H5066 to thrust her away. H1920 And the man H376 of God H430 said, H559 Let her alone; H7503 for her soul H5315 is vexed H4843 within her: and the LORD H3068 hath hid H5956 it from me, and hath not told H5046 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:2 - As God H410 liveth, H2416 who hath taken away H5493 my judgment; H4941 and the Almighty, H7706 who hath vexed H4843 my soul; H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 - Therefore said H559 I, Look away H8159 from me; I will weep H1065 bitterly, H4843 labour H213 not to comfort H5162 me, because of the spoiling H7701 of the daughter H1323 of my people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - They shall not drink H8354 wine H3196 with a song; H7892 strong drink H7941 shall be bitter H4843 to them that drink H8354 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Behold, for peace H7965 I had great bitterness: H4751 H4843 but thou hast in love H2836 to my soul H5315 delivered it from the pit H7845 of corruption: H1097 for thou hast cast H7993 all my sins H2399 behind H310 thy back. H1460

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - And I saw H7200 him come H5060 close unto H681 the ram, H352 and he was moved with choler H4843 against him, and smote H5221 the ram, H352 and brake H7665 his two H8147 horns: H7161 and there was no power H3581 in the ram H352 to stand H5975 before H6440 him, but he cast him down H7993 to the ground, H776 and stamped H7429 upon him: and there was none that could deliver H5337 the ram H352 out of his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - And the king H4428 of the south H5045 shall be moved with choler, H4843 and shall come forth H3318 and fight H3898 with him, even with the king H4428 of the north: H6828 and he shall set forth H5975 a great H7227 multitude; H1995 but the multitude H1995 shall be given H5414 into his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - And I will pour H8210 upon the house H1004 of David, H1732 and upon the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 the spirit H7307 of grace H2580 and of supplications: H8469 and they shall look H5027 upon me whom they have pierced, H1856 and they shall mourn H4553 for him, as one mourneth H5594 for his only H3173 son, and shall be in bitterness H4843 for him, as one that is in bitterness H4843 for his firstborn. H1060
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