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Lexicon :: Strong's H4847 - mᵊrārî

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מְרָרִי
Transliteration
mᵊrārî
Pronunciation
mer-aw-ree'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מְרָרִי Mᵉrârîy, mer-aw-ree'; from H4843; bitter; Merari, an Israelite:—Merari. See also H4848.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H4847 in the following manner: Merari (39x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H4847 in the following manner: Merari (39x).
  1. Merari = "bitter"

    1. the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְרָרִי Mᵉrârîy, mer-aw-ree'; from H4843; bitter; Merari, an Israelite:—Merari. See also H4848.
STRONGS H4847: Abbreviations
† I. מְרָרִי proper name, masculine a son of Levi, and head of a chief Levitical family: Greek Version of the LXX Μεραρ(ε)Ι, Μαραρει; — Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16, 19; Numbers 3:17, 20, 33 (twice in verse); Numbers 3:35, 36; Numbers 4:29, 33, 42, 45; Numbers 7:8; Numbers 10:17; Numbers 26:57; Joshua 21:7; Joshua 21:34; Joshua 21:38 (all P), 1 Chronicles 5:27; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:14; 1 Chronicles 6:29; 1 Chronicles 6:32; 1 Chronicles 6:48; 1 Chronicles 6:62; 1 Chronicles 9:14; 1 Chronicles 15:6, 17; 1 Chronicles 23:6, 21; 1 Chronicles 24:26, 27; 1 Chronicles 26:10, 19; 2 Chronicles 29:12; 34:12; Ezra 8:19.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

46:11

Exodus

6:16; 6:19

Numbers

3:17; 3:20; 3:33; 3:35; 3:36; 4:29; 4:33; 4:42; 4:45; 7:8; 10:17; 26:57

Joshua

21:7; 21:34; 21:38

1 Chronicles

6:1; 6:4; 6:14; 6:29; 6:32; 6:48; 6:62; 9:14; 15:6; 15:17; 23:6; 23:21; 24:26; 24:27; 26:10; 26:19

2 Chronicles

29:12; 34:12

Ezra

8:19

H4847

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4847 matches the Hebrew מְרָרִי (mᵊrārî),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - The sons of Levi: [fn]Gershon, Kohath, and Merari H4847.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 -

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations:

Gershon and Kohath and Merari H4847; and the years of Levi’s life were 137 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 -

The sons of Merari H4847:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - These then are the sons of Levi by their names:

Gershon and Kohath and Merari H4847.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:20 -

and the sons of Merari H4847 by their families:

Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:33 -

Of Merari H4847 was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari H4847.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari H4847 was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - Now the appointed responsibility of the sons of Merari H4847 involved the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and the service concerning them,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:29 -

As for the sons of Merari H4847, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ households;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari H4847, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:42 -

The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari H4847 by their families, by their fathers’ households,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:45 - These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari H4847, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the [fn]commandment of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari H4847, according to their service, under the [fn]direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:17 -

Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari H4847, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 -

And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families:

of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites;

of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites;

of Merari H4847, the family of the Merarites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 -

The sons of Merari H4847 according to their families [fn]received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 -

Now to the families of the sons of Merari H4847, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - All these were the cities of the sons of Merari H4847 according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 -

[fn]The sons of Levi were [fn]Gershon, Kohath, and Merari H4847.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 -

[fn]The sons of Levi were [fn]Gershom, Kohath, and Merari H4847.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 -

The sons of Merari H4847 were Mahli and Mushi.

And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:29 -

The sons of Merari H4847 were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 -

On the left hand were their [fn]relatives the sons of Merari H4847:

Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 -

the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari H4847, the son of Levi.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 -

To the sons of Merari H4847 were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:77 -

To the sons of Merari H4847, the rest of the Levites, were given, from the tribe of Zebulun:

Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:14 -

Of the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari H4847;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 -

of the sons of Merari H4847, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari H4847 their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari H4847.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:21 -

The sons of Merari H4847 were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:26 -

The sons of Merari H4847, Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:27 -

The sons of Merari H4847: by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:10 -

Also Hosah, one of the sons of Merari H4847 had sons:

Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first),

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:19 - These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari H4847.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:12 -

Then the Levites arose:

Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites;

and from the sons of Merari H4847, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel;

and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to direct: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari H4847, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:19 - and Hashabiah and [fn]Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari H4847, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men;
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