Strong's Lexicon

H4775

H4775 — מָרַד

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

HebrewmaradverbOccurrences: 25TWOT: 1240

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4775
Word:	מָרַד
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	25
Transliteration:	marad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-rad'
Meaning:	1. to rebel
KJV Renderings:	rebel(-lious).

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BDB4799

[מָרַד] verb rebel (Late Hebrew id,; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3074] be bold and audacious in acts of rebellion or disobedience; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3075] run strenuously, attack; [untranscribed source text 3076] rebellion, Prä^{Beiträge iii. 44}; Sabean מרד rebellion Hal^535,16 SabDenkm³⁸ Hom^{Chrestom. 127}; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3077], מְרַד; rebel); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular מָרָ֑ד 2Chr 36:13, 2 masculine singular מָרַדְתָּ 2Kgs 18:20 = Isa 36:5, etc.; Imperfect וַיִּמְרֹד 2Kgs 18:7 + 3 t., וַיִּמְרָדֿ 2Kgs 24:1; Ezek 17:15, etc.; Infinitive construct לִמְרֹד Josh 22:29, לִמְרוֺד Neh 6:6 Participle plural מֹרְדִים Neh 2:19; Ezek 20:38, ׳ מוֺ Ezek 2:3 construct מֹרדי Job 24:13 — rebel, revolt:

1. against human king, approximately בְּ person 2Kgs 18:7; 2Kgs 18:20 = Isa 36:5; 2Kgs 24:1; 2Kgs 24:20 = Jer 52:3, compare Ezek 17:15; 2Chr 36:13; Neh 9:26 less often (late) with עַל person 2Chr 13:6; Neh 2:19 absolute Gen 14:4; Neh 6:6.

2. against God, with בְּ Num 14:9 ( J E ), Josh 22:16; Josh 22:18; Josh 22:19; Josh 22:29 (all P ), Ezek 2:3 (Co מָרוּ), Dan 9:9 absolute Ezek 2:3 (participle, Co מורים), Ezek 20:38; Dan 9:5.

3. in poetry, against light, only מֹרְדֵי אוֺר Job 24:13.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מרד (mah-rad’)

2 Kings 18:20

KJV: Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?sayest: or, talkestvain…: Heb. word of the lipsI have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war

EHCC: thou rebellest Spainst me?

2 Chronicles 36:13

KJV: And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

EHCC: he also rebelle ainst king

Isaiah 86:5

EHCC: thou rebelleat against me?

Daniel 9:5

KJV: We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

EHCC: done wickedly, and have rebelled,

Joshua 22:16

KJV: Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?

EHCC: that ye might rebel this day

Nehemiah 6:6

KJV: Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.Gashmu: also called, Geshem

EHCC: thou and the Jews think fo rebel:

Numbers 14:9

KJV: Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.defence: Heb. shadow

EHCC: rebel not ye against the Lord,

Joshua 22:18

KJV: But that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

EHCC: ye rebel to day against the Lord,

2 Chronicles 13:6

KJV: Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

EHCC: and hath rebelled egainst his lord.

Nehemiah 9:26

KJV: Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

EHCC: and rebelled against thee,

Jeremiah 52:8

KJV: But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

EHCC: that Zedekiah rebelled

Ezekiel 17:15

KJV: But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

EHCC: But he rebelled against him

Nehemiah 2:19

KJV: But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

EHCC: sill ye rebel against the king?

Job 24:13

KJV: They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

EHCC: of those that rebel against the lights |

Job 20:38

EHCC: will purge.out from among you the rebels,