Strong's Lexicon

H4626

H4626 — מַעַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma`arnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1692d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4626
Word:מַעַר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H6168
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:ma`ar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mah'-ar
Meaning:1. a nude place, i.e. (literally) the pudenda, or (figuratively) a vacant space
KJV Renderings:nakedness, proportion.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6377

[מַעֲרֶה], מַ֫עַר noun [masculine] bare, naked place (hence Μαραθών, Marathon, according to LewyFremdw. 144); —

1. bare place, or space: construct מִמַּעֲרִהגָּֿ֑בַע Judg 20:33 bare (open) space of Geba' (si vera 1.; but see II. מַעֲרָב ); כְּמַעַראִֿישׁ 1Kgs 7:36 according to the clear space on each (plate, see לוּחַ ).
2. suffix מַעְרֵח Nah 3:5 figurative of Nineveh (pudenda exposed in shameful punishment; compare עֶרְוָה).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מערכות (mah-Zadan-ndhth’)

Job 38:31

KJV: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Pleiades: or, the seven stars: Heb. CimahOrion: Heb. Cesil?
EHCC: thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
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