King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4751
Transliteration: mar or marah
Phonetic Spelling: (mar)
Part of Speech: Adjective; substantive
Short Definition: bitter, bitterness
Meaning: bitter, bitterness, bitterly
Word Summary
mar or marah: bitter, bitterness
Original Word: מַרTransliteration: mar or marah
Phonetic Spelling: (mar)
Part of Speech: Adjective; substantive
Short Definition: bitter, bitterness
Meaning: bitter, bitterness, bitterly
Strong's Concordance
angry, bitterly chafed, discontented, great, heavy Or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}; from marar; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly -- + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy.
see HEBREW marar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4751. mar
or marah I. מַר adjective and substantive bitter, bitterness; — absolute ׳מ Proverbs 27:7 +, הַמַּר Habakkuk 1:6, מָ֑ר Psalm 64:4 +; construct מַר 1 Samuel 22:2 +; feminine מָרָה Genesis 27:34 +, מָרָא Ruth 1:20; construct מָרַת 1 Samuel 1:10; masculine plural מָרִים Exodus 15:23 +; construct מָרֵי Judges 18:25; Proverbs 31:6; — bitter:
1 literally, of water Exodus 15:23 (J); food Proverbs 27:7 (opposed to מָתוֺק); wormwood (לַעֲנָה 5:4 (in simile of end of harlot, compare Ecclesiastes 7:26 below); as substantive plural, of physical pain, result of curse לְמָרִים Numbers 5:24, 27, whence הַמָּרִים מֵי 5:18 (compare Di) 5:19; 5:23; 5:24; of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2 Samuel 2:26; of wickedness Jeremiah 2:19; 4:18; = injurious, hurtful Isaiah 5:20 (twice in verse) (opposed to מָתוֺק).
2 figurative,
a. of cry (זְעָקָה צְעָקָה,) Genesis 27:34 (J), Esther 4:1; מָ֑ר מִסְמֵּד Ezekiel 27:31 (strike out Co); מָ֑ר דָּבָר Psalm 64:4; as adverb (cry, weep) bitterly Ezekiel 27:30 (מָרָה), Zephaniah 1:14; Isaiah 33:7 (both מַר).
b. of feeling, temper, especially with נֶפֶשׁ: נֶפֶשׁ מָרֵי אֲנָשִׁים Judges 18:25 men fierce (GFM acrid) of temper, so 2 Samuel 17:8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); הַמַּר הַגּוֺי Habakkuk 1:6 the fierce nation; מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ = discontented 1 Samuel 22:2; נֶפֶשׁ מַרֵי = the bitterly wretched Job 3:20; Proverbs 31:6, so נ ׳מָרַת 1 Samuel 1:10; compare מָ֑ר יוֺם Amos 8:10; as substantive abstract מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ bitterness of soul Isaiah 38:15; Ezekiel 27:31 (strike out Co), Job 7:11; 10:1 = מָרָה נפשׁ 21:25; compare מָרָא Ruth 1:20 (name given to Naomi by herself); מַרהַֿמָּוֶת 1 Samuel 15:32 the bitterness of death; מַרמִֿמָּוֶת Ecclesiastes 7:26 (metaphor of harlot); in Ezekiel 3:14 I went bitterly, strike out מַר Co. — Isaiah 38:17 see מרר.