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Lexicon :: Strong's H4751 - mar

Aa
מַר
Transliteration
mar
Pronunciation
mar
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1248a,1248c

Strong’s Definitions

מַר mar, mar; or (feminine) מָרָה mârâh; from H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly:— angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, × great, heavy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H4751 in the following manner: bitter (20x), bitterness (10x), bitterly (3x), chafed (1x), angry (1x), discontented (1x), heavy (1x), bitter thing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H4751 in the following manner: bitter (20x), bitterness (10x), bitterly (3x), chafed (1x), angry (1x), discontented (1x), heavy (1x), bitter thing (1x).
adjective

  1. bitter, bitterness

    1. of water or food

    2. of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.)

    3. of pain (subst)

      adverb

  2. bitterly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַר mar, mar; or (feminine) מָרָה mârâh; from H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly:— angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, × great, heavy.
STRONGS H4751: Abbreviations
† I. מַר adjective and substantive bitter, bitterness; — absolute מ׳ Proverbs 27:7 +, הַמַּר Habakkuk 1:6, מָ֑ר Psalm 64:4 [Psalm 64:3] +; construct מַר 1 Samuel 22:2 +; feminine מָרָה Genesis 27:34 +, מָרָא H4755 Ruth 1:20; construct מָרַת 1 Samuel 1:10; masculine plural מָרִים Exodus 15:23 +; construct מָרֵי Judges 18:25; Proverbs 31:6; — bitter:
1. literally, of water Exodus 15:23 (J); food Proverbs 27:7 (opposed to מָתוֺק); wormwood (לַעֲנָה Proverbs 5:4 (in simile of end of harlot, compare Ecclesiastes 7:26 below); as substantive plural, of physical pain, result of curse לְמָרִים Numbers 5:24, 27, whence מֵי הַמָּרִים Numbers 5:18 (compare Di) Numbers 5:19; Numbers 5:23; Numbers 5:24; of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2 Samuel 2:26; of wickedness Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 4:18; = injurious, hurtful Isaiah 5:20 (twice in verse) (opposed to מָתוֺק).
2. figurative,
a. of cry (צְעָקָה, זְעָקָה) Genesis 27:34 (J), Esther 4:1; מָ֑ר מִסְפֵּד Ezekiel 27:31 (strike out Co); דָּבָר מָ֑ר Psalm 64:4 [Psalm 64:3]; as adverb (cry, weep) bitterly Ezekiel 27:30 (מָרָה), Zephaniah 1:14; Isaiah 33:7 (both מַר).
b. of feeling, temper, especially with נֶפֶשׁ : אֲנָשִׁים מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ Judges 18:25 men fierce (GFM acrid) of temper, so 2 Samuel 17:8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); הַגּוֺי הַמַּר Habakkuk 1:6 the fierce nation; מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ = discontented 1 Samuel 22:2; מַרֵי נֶפֶשׁ = the bitterly wretched Job 3:20; Proverbs 31:6, so מָרַת נ׳ 1 Samuel 1:10; compare יוֺם מָ֑ר Amos 8:10; as substantive abstract מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ bitterness of soul Isaiah 38:15; Ezekiel 27:31 (strike out Co), Job 7:11; Job 10:1 = נפשׁ מָרָה Job 21:25; compare מָרָא H4755 Ruth 1:20 (name given to Naomi by herself); מַרהַֿמָּוֶת 1 Samuel 15:32 the bitterness of death; מַרמִֿמָּוֶת Ecclesiastes 7:26 (metaphor of harlot); in Ezekiel 3:14 I went bitterly, strike out מַר Co. — Isaiah 38:17 see H4843 מרר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:34; 27:34

Exodus

15:23; 15:23

Numbers

5:18; 5:19; 5:23; 5:24; 5:24; 5:27

Judges

18:25; 18:25

1 Samuel

1:10; 1:10; 15:32; 22:2; 22:2

2 Samuel

2:26; 17:8

Esther

4:1

Job

3:20; 7:11; 10:1; 21:25

Psalms

64:3; 64:3

Proverbs

5:4; 27:7; 27:7; 31:6; 31:6

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 7:26

Isaiah

5:20; 33:7; 38:15; 38:17

Jeremiah

2:19; 4:18

Ezekiel

3:14; 27:30; 27:31; 27:31

Amos

8:10

Habakkuk

1:6; 1:6

Zephaniah

1:14

H4751

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Strong's Number H4751 matches the Hebrew מַר (mar),
which occurs 39 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - And he will give to the woman the bitter water for drink; and the bitter water causing the curse will go into her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:25 - And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:10 - And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:2 - And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not take his night's rest with the people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 - My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:25 - And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 - But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:6 - Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 - See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:15 - What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 - Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:14 - And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 - And they will have the hair of their heads cut off because of you, and will put haircloth on their bodies, weeping for you with bitter grief in their souls, even with bitter sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
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