Strong's Lexicon

H4838

H4838 — מָרַק

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

Hebrewmaraqverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 1246

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4838
Word:מָרַק
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:maraq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw-rak'
Meaning:1. to polish 2. (by implication) to sharpen 3. (also) to rinse
KJV Renderings:bright, furbish, scour.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4825

I. [מָרַק] verb scour, polish (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3086] מְרַק; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 3087] scrape off wool from a skin); —

Qal Imperative מִרְקוּ הָֽרְמָחִים Jer 46:4 polish the lances! Passive participle מָרוּק 2Chr 4:16 polished, of bronze utensils of temple (= מְמוֺרָט 1Kgs 7:45).
Hiph`il Imperfect 3 feminine singular חַמְרִיק only Prov 20:30 Kt , figurative, in clause בְּרָ֑ע ׳ חַבֻּרוֺת פֶּצַע ת blows that cut in, cleanse away evil (compare De Now Wild VB ); Qr תַּמְרוּק i.e. (are) a cleaning. ( ᵐ5 συναντᾷ κακοῖς, whence Gr תַּקְדִּים, Frankenb. תִּקְרֶינָה , but improbable).
Pu`al Perfect וּמֹרַק consecutive Lev 6:21 be well scoured, of bronze vessel (|| וְשֻׁטַּף בַּמָּ֑יִם).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מרק (mah-rak’)

Jeremiah 46:4

KJV: Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
EHCC: furbish the spears, (and) put on

2 Chronicles 4:16

KJV: The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured
EHCC: for the house of the Lord of bright (marg.

Leviticus 6:28

KJV: But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
EHCC: (21). ₪ shall be both scoured, and rinsed
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