מָרַד marad

Hebrew word for “to rebel” · Strong’s H4775 · used 25 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

1) to rebel, revolt, be rebellious; 1a) (Qal) to rebel, revolt; 1a1) against human king; 1a2) against God; 1a3) against light (poetic)

How it is translated

Glosses given for marad in context, with how often each is used:

• rebelled 9
• have rebelled 5
• rebel 4
• rebelling 3
• may you rebel 1
• among those who rebel against 1
• rebellious 1
• those who rebel 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 22 (4), 2 Kings 18 (2), 2 Kings 24 (2), Daniel 9 (2), Genesis 14 (1), Numbers 14 (1), 2 Chronicles 13 (1), 2 Chronicles 36 (1), Nehemiah 2 (1), Nehemiah 6 (1)

Forms

• וימרד 6
• תמרדו 4
• מרדו 2
• מרדת 2
• למרדכם 1
• למרד 1
• מרד 1
• מרדים 1
• למרוד 1
• וימרדו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with marad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַךְ akh “surely” 4
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 6
• גֶּשֶׁם geshem “Geshem” 2
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 4
• שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 3
• אַחַר achar “after” 4
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 3
• נִי ni “me” 4
• פָּשַׁע pasah “to transgress” 2
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 3
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
• נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 2

Key verses

The verses using marad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 14:9 — 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…
• Joshua 22:18 — 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…
• 2 Kings 24:1 — In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
• 2 Chronicles 36:13 — 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…
• Nehemiah 2:19 — 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,…
• Nehemiah 9:26 — 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…
• Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
• Ezekiel 2:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have…
• Ezekiel 17:15 — 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…
• Ezekiel 20:38 — And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they…
• Daniel 9:5 — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
• Daniel 9:9 — To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

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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.