מַר mar
Hebrew word for “bitter” · Strong’s H4751 · used 37 times in 34 verses
Meaning
adj; 1) bitter, bitterness; 1a) of water or food; 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.); 1c) of pain (subst); adv; 2) bitterly
How it is translated
Glosses given for mar in context, with how often each is used:
- bitter 22
- bitter things 6
- bitterness 5
- people bitter 2
- bitter thing 1
- bitterly 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Esther | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 5 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 5 (5), Isaiah 38 (2), Ezekiel 27 (2), Genesis 27 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Judges 18 (1), 1 Samuel 1 (1), 1 Samuel 15 (1), 1 Samuel 22 (1), 2 Samuel 2 (1)
Forms
- מר 13
- המרים 4
- מרה 4
- במר 3
- ומרה 2
- למרים 2
- למרי 2
- מרים 1
- מרי 1
- מרת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 13
- אָרַר arar “to curse” 4
- מַי mayim “water” 6
- שַׂק saq “sackcloth” 3
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 5
- בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 3
- מָתוֹק matoq “sweet” 2
- קׇרְחָה qorchah “bald spot” 2
- אֵפֶר epher “ashes” 2
- אָלָה alah “oath” 2
- יָדַע yada “to know” 4
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 3
Key verses
The verses using mar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Esther 4:1 — When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with…
- Job 3:20 — Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
- Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 10:1 — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Psalms 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner…
- Isaiah 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy…
- Jeremiah 2:19 — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast…
- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
- Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and…
- Habakkuk 1:6 — For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not…
- Zephaniah 1:14 — The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
See all 34 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.