Strong's Lexicon: H4784 מָרָה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4784
Word:	מָרָה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	44
Transliteration:	marah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-raw'
Meaning:	1. to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant) 2. (figuratively) to rebel (or resist 3. causatively, to provoke)
KJV Renderings:	bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).

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מָרָה verb be contentious, refractory, rebellious (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3078] III. dispute with; Syriac [untranscribed source text 3079] Pa`el contend with); —

Qal. Perfect 3 masculine singular מָרָה 1Kgs 13:26 feminine מָֽרְתָה Hos 14:1 מָרָ֑תָה Jer 4:17 2 masculine singular מָרִיתָ 1Kgs 13:21 + 11 t. perfect; Infinitive absolute מָרוֺ Lam 1:20 Participle מֹרֶה 2Kgs 14:26 (but read מר, √ מרר, Kmp^Kau כִּי מַר הוּא); מוֺרֶה Deut 21:18 + 3 t.; feminine מֹרְאָה Zeph 3:1 (read מֹרָה; metaplastic form according to Ges^{«GKC:75»§
75} R. 22); plural מֹרִים Num 20:10 — be disobedient, rebellious:

1. בֵּן סוֺרֵר וּמֹרֶה Deut 21:18; Deut 21:20 stubborn and rebellious son (towards father).

2. elsewhere towards God: דֹּר סוֺרֵר וּמֹרֶה Ps 78:8 ׳ לֵב סורר ומ Jer 5:23 מוֺרְאָה ונגאלה הָעִיר Zeph 3:1 הַמֹּרִים Num 20:10 ye rebels ( P ); absolute Isa 50:5; Isa 63:10; Lam 1:20 (twice in verse); || מאן Isa 1:20 פשׁע Lam 3:42 with בְּ person Hos 14:1; Ps 5:11, elsewhere accusative of person Jer 4:17 ׳ י's words Ps 105:28 מרה (את) פי Num 20:24; Num 27:14 ( P ), 1Sam 12:15; 1Kgs 13:21; 1Kgs 13:26 ( D² ) Lam 1:18 . — In Hos 4:4 read perhaps מָרוּ בִי have rebelled against me (for ᵑ0 כִּמְרִיבֵי), so RS^{Proph. iv. n. 8} Che (for other views see ריב ).

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine plural הִמְרוּ Ps 106:33 ; Ps 107:11 Imperfect יַמְרֶה Josh 1:18 feminine וַתֶּ֫מֶר Ezek 5:6 2 masculine singular תַּמֵּר (as if √ מרר) Exod 23:21, read תֶּ֫מֶר Di and others; 3 masculine plural יַמְרוּ Ps 106:43 + 6 t; suffix יַמְרוּהוּ Ps 78:40 2 masculine plural תַּמְרוּ 1Sam 12:14 + 3 t.; Infinitive construct לַמְרוֺת Isa 3:8; Ps 78:17 suffix הַמְּרוֺתָם (Ges^{«GKC:20»§ 20}. 2b) Job 17:2 Participle plural מַמְרִים Deut 9:7 + 2 t.; — shew disobedience, rebelliousness, always toward God: absolute Neh 9:26. (|| מרד), Ps 106:7; Ps 106:43 ; Job 17:2 with בְּ person Exod 23:21; Ezek 20:8; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:21 עִם Deut 9:7; Deut 9:24; Deut 31:27 elsewhere accusative of God or his commands: Isa 3:8; Ezek 5:6; Ps 78:17; Ps 78:40; Ps 78:56; Ps 107:11 המרה את פי Deut 1:26; Deut 1:43; Deut 9:23; Josh 1:18; 1Sam 12:14 ( D² ), אתרֿוחוֺ Ps 106:33 (compare Ephr 4:30); perhaps Ps 139:20 (see אָמַר 1.).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אמרה (im-rah')

Genesis 4:23

KJV: And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.I have…: or, I would slay a man in my wound, etc.to my hurt: or, in my hurt

EHCC: of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:

Deuteronomy 32:2

KJV: My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

EHCC: my speech shall distil as the dem,

Deuteronomy 33:9

KJV: Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

EHCC: they have observed thy word, ,

2 Samuel 22:81

EHCC: the word of the Lord (is) tried: \

Psalms 12:8

KJV: The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.men: Heb. of the sons of the men

EHCC: (7). The words o ‘the ‘are pure words:

Psalms 17:6

KJV: I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

EHCC: ( r)my pols

Psalms 18:80

EHCC: 31 (. the word of the Lord is tried:

Psalms 105:19

KJV: Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

EHCC: the word of the Lord tried him.

Psalms 119:11

KJV: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

EHCC: Thy word have I hid in mine heart,

Psalms 162:1

EHCC: rejoice at thy word, 8

Psalms 188:2

EHCC: thou hast magnified thy above

Psalms 147:15

KJV: He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

EHCC: sendeth forth Ais commandment

Isaiah 5:24

KJV: Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.fire: Heb. tongue of fire

EHCC: despised the word of the Holy One

Isaiah 28:23

KJV: Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

EHCC: hearken, and hear say speech.

Isaiah 29:4

KJV: And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.whisper: Heb. peep, or, chirp

EHCC: thy speech shall be low out of

Isaiah 82:9

EHCC: give ear unto my speech.

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