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Lexicon :: Strong's H4843 - mārar

Aa
מָרַר
Transliteration
mārar
Pronunciation
maw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1248

Strong’s Definitions

מָרַר mârar, maw-rar'; a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively):—(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H4843 in the following manner: bitterness (3x), bitter (2x), bitterly (2x), choler (2x), grieved (2x), vexed (2x), bitterness (with H4751) (1x), grieved him (1x), provoke (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H4843 in the following manner: bitterness (3x), bitter (2x), bitterly (2x), choler (2x), grieved (2x), vexed (2x), bitterness (with H4751) (1x), grieved him (1x), provoke (1x).

  1. to be bitter

    1. (Qal) to be bitter

    2. (Piel)

      1. to show bitterness

      2. to make bitter

    3. (Hiphil) to make bitter, embitter

    4. (Hithpalpel)

      1. to embitter oneself

      2. to be enraged

  2. (TWOT) to be strong, strengthen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָרַר mârar, maw-rar'; a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively):—(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
STRONGS H4843: Abbreviations
† I. מָרַר verb be bitter (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian marâru and derivatives DlHWB 427; Arabic bdb060002 become roused (of bile), II. make bitter, IV. become bitter; bdb060003 bitter; Ethiopic bdb060004; Aramaic bdb060005, מְרַר); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מַר Isaiah 38:17 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular מָ֫רָה 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Kings 4:27; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵמַר Isaiah 24:9; — be bitter:
1. literal יֵמַר שֵׁכָר לְשֹׁתָיו Isaiah 24:9.
2. figurative מָ֫רָה נֶפֶשׁ 1 Samuel 30:6 the soul of all the people was bitter against (עַלֿ); נַפְשָׁהּ מָ֫רָהלָֿהּ 2 Kings 4:27 her soul, it is bitter to her (i.e. she is in bitter distress); impersonal מַרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּם Ruth 1:13 it is very bitter to me on your account (I am much distressed), compare Lamentations 1:4. — לְשָׁלוֺם מַרלִֿי מָ֑ר Isaiah 38:17 is dubious; CheComm. for (my) welfare was it (so) bitter to me, (so) bitter, compare Brd; so De Kau (treating מר apparently as adjective); < Drechsl. Di for my welfare did the bitter become bitter to me (מָ֑ר adjective); Lo Gr, compare Buhl (sub מַר adjective), read מָר for מַר (√ מור), the bitter is changed for me into welfare; CheHpt strike out מָ֑ר; Du (after Greek Version of the LXX) strike out clause as gloss.
Pi. Imperfect 1st person singular אֲמָרֵר Isaiah 22:4; 3rd person masculine plural וַיְמָֽרֲרוּ Exodus 1:14, suffix וַיְמָֽרֲרֻהוּ Genesis 49:23; — make bitter, shew bitterness: —
1. וַיְמ׳ Genesis 49:23 (poem) and the archers shewed bitterness (i.e. bitter hostility) toward him (suffix of indirect object); אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִ֑י Isaiah 22:4 I will shew bitterness in weeping (= weep bitterly).
2. אֶתחַֿיֵּיהֶם וַיְמ׳ Exodus 1:14 (P) and they made their lives bitter by slavery.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵמַר Ruth 1:20; Job 27:2; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּמֵּר Exodus 23:21 (but read תֶּ֫מֶר √ מרה Hiph. which see); Infinitive absolute הָמֵר Zechariah 12:10 (twice in verse); — make bitter, shew bitterness:
1. שַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי Job 27:2 Shadday, who hath embittered my soul; הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד Ruth 1:20.
2. וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַלהַֿבְּכוֺר Zechariah 12:10 and a bitter outcry (= literally shewing bitterness; || מִסְפֵּד, סָפַד) over him, like a bitter outcry over the first-born.
Hithpalp. Imperfect וְיִתְמַרְמַר Daniel 11:11 and the king of the south shall embitter himself (be enraged); אֶלֿ וַיִּתְמ׳ Daniel 8:7 and he was enraged against.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:23; 49:23

Exodus

1:14; 1:14; 23:21

Ruth

1:13; 1:20; 1:20

1 Samuel

30:6; 30:6

2 Kings

4:27; 4:27

Job

27:2; 27:2

Isaiah

22:4; 22:4; 24:9; 24:9; 38:17; 38:17

Lamentations

1:4

Daniel

8:7; 11:11

Zechariah

12:10; 12:10

H4843

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Strong's Number H4843 matches the Hebrew מָרַר (mārar),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“The archers H1167 H2671 provoked H4843 him,

And shot H7232 at him and were H7852 hostile H7852 toward H7852 him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and they made H4843 their lives H2416 bitter H4843 with hard H7186 labor H5656 in mortar H2563 and bricks H3843 and at all H3605 kinds of labor H5656 in the field H7704, all H3605 their labors H5656 which H834 they violently H6531 had them perform H5647 as H5647 slaves H5647.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - “Be H8104 attentive H8104 to him and obey H8085 his voice H6963; do not be rebellious H4784 toward him, for he will not pardon H5375 your rebellion H6588, since H3588 My name H8034 is in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore H3860 wait H7663 until H5704 H834 they were grown H1431? Would you therefore H3860 refrain H5702 from marrying H1115 H1961 H376? No H408, my daughters H1323; for it is H4843 much H3966 more H4480 bitter H4843 for me than H4480 for you, because H3588 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 has come H3318 out H3318 against me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - But she said H559 to them, “Do not call H7121 me [fn]Naomi H5281; call H7121 me [fn]Mara H4755, for [fn]the Almighty H7706 has dealt H4843 very H3966 bitterly H4843 with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - But she came H935 to the man H376 of God H430 at the hill H2022 and took H2388 hold H2388 of his feet H7272. And Gehazi H1522 came H5066 up H5066 to push H1920 her away H1920, but the man H376 of God H430 said H559, “Leave H7503 her alone H7503, for her soul H5315 is H4843 [fn]troubled H4843 within her; and the LORD H3068 has concealed H5956 it from me and has not informed H5046 me.”

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“As God H410 lives H2416, who has taken H5493 away H5493 my right H4941,

And the Almighty H7706, who has H4843 embittered H4843 my soul H5315,

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Therefore H5921 H3651 I say H559, “Look H8159 away H8159 from me,

Let me weep H1065 bitterly H4843,

Do not [fn]try H213 to comfort H5162 me concerning H5921 the destruction H7701 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971.”

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They do not drink H8354 wine H3196 with song H7892;

Intoxicating H7941 drink H7941 is bitter H4843 to those who drink H8354 it.

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“Behold H2009, for my own welfare H7965 I had great H4751 bitterness H4751;

But You have [fn]kept H2820 my soul H5315 from the pit H7845 of [fn]nothingness H1097,

For You have hurled H7993 all H3605 my sins H2399 behind H310 Your back H1460.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - And I saw H7200 him come H5060 up beside H681 the ram H352, and he was H4843 enraged H4843 at him; and he struck H5221 the ram H352 and smashed H7665 his two H8147 horns H7161, and the ram H352 had H1961 no H3808 strength H3581 to withstand H5975 him. So he hurled H7993 him to the ground H776 and trampled H7429 on H7429 him, and there was no H3808 one to rescue H5337 the ram H352 from his [fn]power H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - “And the king H4428 of the South H5045 will be H4843 enraged H4843 and go H3318 out H3318 and fight H3898 [fn]with the king H4428 of the North H6828. Then the latter will raise H5975 a great H7227 multitude H1995, but that multitude H1995 will be handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to [fn]the former.

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“And I will pour H8210 out H8210 on the house H1004 of David H1732 and on the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 [fn]the Spirit H7307 of grace H2580 and of pleading H8469, so that they will look H5027 at Me whom H834 they pierced H1856; and they will mourn H5594 for Him, like one mourning H5594 for an only H3173 son H3173, and they will weep H4843 bitterly H4843 over H5921 Him like the bitter H4843 weeping H4843 over H5921 a firstborn H1060.

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