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Lexicon :: Strong's H4784 - mārâ

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מָרָה
Transliteration
mārâ
Pronunciation
maw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1242

Strong’s Definitions

מָרָה mârâh, maw-raw'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke):—bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H4784 in the following manner: rebel (19x), rebellious (9x), provoke (7x), disobedient (2x), against (1x), bitter (1x), changed (1x), disobeyed (1x), grievously (1x), provocation (1x), rebels (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H4784 in the following manner: rebel (19x), rebellious (9x), provoke (7x), disobedient (2x), against (1x), bitter (1x), changed (1x), disobeyed (1x), grievously (1x), provocation (1x), rebels (1x).

  1. to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against

    1. (Qal) to be disobedient, be rebellious

      1. towards father

      2. towards God

    2. (Hiphil) to show rebelliousness, show disobedience, disobey

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָרָה mârâh, maw-raw'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke):—bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).
STRONGS H4784: Abbreviations
† מָרָה verb be contentious, refractory, rebellious (Late Hebrew id., Hiph.; Arabic bdb059801 III. dispute with; Syriac bdb059802 Pa. contend with); —
Qal. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָרָה 1 Kings 13:26; feminine מָֽרְתָה Hosea 14:1 [Hosea 13:16]; מָרָ֑תָה Jeremiah 4:17; 2nd person masculine singular מָרִיתָ 1 Kings 13:21 + 11 times perfect; Infinitive absolute מָרוֺ Lamentations 1:20; Participle מֹרֶה 2 Kings 14:26 (but read מר, √ מרר, KmpKau כִּי מַר הוּא); מוֺרֶה Deuteronomy 21:18 + 3 times;
[H4754 feminine מֹרְאָה Zephaniah 3:1 (read מֹרָה; metaplastic form according to Ges§ 75 R. 22)];
plural מֹרִים Numbers 20:10; — be disobedient, rebellious:
1. בֵּן סוֺרֵר וּמֹרֶה Deuteronomy 21:18, 20 stubborn and rebellious son (towards father).
2. elsewhere towards God: דֹּר סוֺרֵר וּמֹרֶה Psalm 78:8; לֵב סורר ומ׳ Jeremiah 5:23; מוֺרְאָה ונגאלה הָעִיר [H4754 Zephaniah 3:1]; הַמֹּרִים Numbers 20:10 ye rebels (P); absolute Isaiah 50:5; Isaiah 63:10; Lamentations 1:20 (twice in verse); || מאן Isaiah 1:20; פשׁע Lamentations 3:42; with בְּ person Hosea 14:1 [Hosea 13:16]; Psalm 5:11 [Psalm 5:10], elsewhere accusative of person Jeremiah 4:17; י׳'s words Psalm 105:28; מרה (את) פי Numbers 20:24; Numbers 27:14 (P), 1 Samuel 12:15; 1 Kings 13:21, 26 (D2) Lamentations 1:18. — In H7378 Hosea 4:4 read perhaps מָרוּ בִי have rebelled against me (for MT כִּמְרִיבֵי), so RSProph. iv. n. 8 Che (for other views see H7378 ריב).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural הִמְרוּ Psalm 106:33; Psalm 107:11; Imperfect יַמְרֶה Joshua 1:18; feminine וַתֶּ֫מֶר Ezekiel 5:6; 2nd person masculine singular תַּמֵּר (as if √ מרר) H4843 Exodus 23:21, read תֶּ֫מֶר Di and others; 3rd person masculine plural יַמְרוּ Psalm 106:43 + 6 times; suffix יַמְרוּהוּ Psalm 78:40; 2nd person masculine plural תַּמְרוּ 1 Samuel 12:14 + 3 times; Infinitive construct לַמְרוֺת Isaiah 3:8; Psalm 78:17; suffix הַמְּרוֺתָם (Ges§ 20. 2 b) Job 17:2; Participle plural מַמְרִים Deuteronomy 9:7 + 2 times; — shew disobedience, rebelliousness, always toward God: absolute Nehemiah 9:26. (|| מרד), Psalm 106:7; Psalm 106:43; Job 17:2; with בְּ person H4843 Exodus 23:21; Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21; עִם Deuteronomy 9:7, 24; Deuteronomy 31:27; elsewhere accusative of God or his commands: Isaiah 3:8; Ezekiel 5:6; Psalm 78:17; Psalm 78:40; Psalm 78:56; Psalm 107:11; המרה את פי Deuteronomy 1:26, 43; Deuteronomy 9:23; Joshua 1:18; 1 Samuel 12:14 (D2), אתרֿוחוֺ Psalm 106:33 (compare Eph 4:30); perhaps Psalm 139:20 (see H559 אָמַר 1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

20:10; 20:10; 20:24; 27:14

Deuteronomy

1:26; 1:43; 9:7; 9:7; 9:23; 9:24; 21:18; 21:18; 21:20; 31:27

Joshua

1:18; 1:18

1 Samuel

12:14; 12:14; 12:15

1 Kings

13:21; 13:21; 13:26; 13:26

2 Kings

14:26

Nehemiah

9:26

Job

17:2; 17:2

Psalms

5:10; 78:8; 78:17; 78:17; 78:40; 78:40; 78:56; 105:28; 106:7; 106:33; 106:33; 106:43; 106:43; 107:11; 107:11

Isaiah

1:20; 3:8; 3:8; 50:5; 63:10

Jeremiah

4:17; 4:17; 5:23

Lamentations

1:18; 1:20; 1:20; 3:42

Ezekiel

5:6; 5:6; 20:8; 20:13; 20:21

Hosea

13:16; 13:16

Ephesians

4:30

H4784

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Strong's Number H4784 matches the Hebrew מָרָה (mārâ),
which occurs 45 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - Then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock. “Listen, you rebels!” he shouted. “Must we bring you water from this rock?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - “The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] in the wilderness of Zin.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - “But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:43 - “This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the LORD’s command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - And at Kadesh-barnea the LORD sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:24 - Yes, you have been rebelling against the LORD as long as I have known you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:20 - The parents must say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious and refuses to obey. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Even now, while I am still alive and am here with you, you have rebelled against the LORD. How much more rebellious will you be after my death!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:18 - Anyone who rebels against your orders and does not obey your words and everything you command will be put to death. So be strong and courageous!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “Now if you fear and worship the LORD and listen to his voice, and if you do not rebel against the LORD’s commands, then both you and your king will show that you recognize the LORD as your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:15 - But if you rebel against the LORD’s commands and refuse to listen to him, then his hand will be as heavy upon you as it was upon your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: You have defied the word of the LORD and have disobeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - When the prophet heard the report, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the LORD’s command. The LORD has fulfilled his word by causing the lion to attack and kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 - “But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your Law, they killed your prophets who warned them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:2 - I am surrounded by mockers.
I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - O God, declare them guilty.
Let them be caught in their own traps.
Drive them away because of their many sins,
for they have rebelled against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
refusing to give their hearts to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - Yet they kept on sinning against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:40 - Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.
They did not obey his laws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:28 - The LORD blanketed Egypt in darkness,
for they had defied his commands to let his people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our ancestors in Egypt
were not impressed by the LORD’s miraculous deeds.
They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.
Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:33 - They made Moses angry,[fn]
and he spoke foolishly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Again and again he rescued them,
but they chose to rebel against him,
and they were finally destroyed by their sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - They rebelled against the words of God,
scorning the counsel of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - But if you turn away and refuse to listen,
you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For Jerusalem will stumble,
and Judah will fall,
because they speak out against the LORD and refuse to obey him.
They provoke him to his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me,
and I have listened.
I have not rebelled or turned away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they rebelled against him
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he became their enemy
and fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:17 - They surround Jerusalem like watchmen around a field,
for my people have rebelled against me,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:23 - But my people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.
They have turned away and abandoned me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - “The LORD is right,” Jerusalem says,
“for I rebelled against him.
Listen, people everywhere;
look upon my anguish and despair,
for my sons and daughters
have been taken captive to distant lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “LORD, see my anguish!
My heart is broken
and my soul despairs,
for I have rebelled against you.
In the streets the sword kills,
and at home there is only death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:42 - “We have sinned and rebelled,
and you have not forgiven us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - but she has rebelled against my regulations and decrees and has been even more wicked than the surrounding nations. She has refused to obey the regulations and decrees I gave her to follow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - “But they rebelled against me and would not listen. They did not get rid of the vile images they were obsessed with, or forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I threatened to pour out my fury on them to satisfy my anger while they were still in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn’t obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - [fn]The people of Samaria
must bear the consequences of their guilt
because they rebelled against their God.
They will be killed by an invading army,
their little ones dashed to death against the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open by swords.”
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