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Lexicon :: Strong's H4803 - māraṭ

Aa
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 BoxLev 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 -

“If a man loses the hair on his head, he is bald, but he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - “And if he loses the hair on front of his head, he is bald on the forehead, but he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - the pails, the shovels, and the bowls; all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When I heard this, I tore my clothing and my robe [in grief], I pulled out some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled [at the shame of it].

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters [in marriage] to their sons, nor take [any of] their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 -

I turned My back to those who strike Me,

And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;

I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LORD.’ Say,

‘A sword, a sword [from Babylon] is sharpened

And also polished!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 -

‘It is sharpened to make a slaughter,

Polished to flash and glimmer like lightning!’

Shall we then rejoice [when such a disaster approaches]? But it rejects and views with contempt the scepter of My son [Judah].

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - “The sword [of Babylon] is ready to be polished so that it may be handled and put to use; the sword is sharpened and polished to be put in the hand of the slayer (Nebuchadnezzar).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 -

“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach (disgrace),’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter; it is sharpened and polished to put an end [to everything], and to flash like lightning,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army [fn]work hard [at My command] against Tyre; every [soldier’s] head became [fn]bald and every shoulder was worn and peeled [from carrying loads of dirt and stones for siege works]. Yet he had no wages from Tyre [in proportion to the time and labor expended during the siege], either for himself or his army, for the work that he had done against it [for Me].”
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