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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 - And if a man's hair has come out and he has no hair, still he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - And if the hair has gone from the front part of his head, so that he has no hair there, still he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:6 - I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made his army do hard work against Tyre, and the hair came off every head and every arm was rubbed smooth: but he and his army got no payment out of Tyre for the hard work which he had done against it.
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