מָרָה marah

Hebrew word for “to rebel” · Strong’s H4784 · used 45 times in 44 verses

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Meaning

1) to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against;

How it is translated

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

• rebelled against 7
• rebellious 6
• rebelled 6
• have been rebellious 3
• rebelled toward 2
• rebelling 2
• will rebel against 2
• have rebelled 2
• rebels 1
• will rebel toward 1
• bitter 1
• have been disobedient to 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 78 (4), Deuteronomy 9 (3), Psalms 106 (3), Ezekiel 20 (3), Numbers 20 (2), Deuteronomy 1 (2), Deuteronomy 21 (2), 1 Samuel 12 (2), 1 Kings 13 (2), Lamentations 1 (2)

Forms

• וימרו 6
• מרו 4
• ותמרו 3
• ממרים 3
• מרה 3
• מריתי 3
• מריתם 2
• ומורה 2
• ומרה 2
• ומריתם 2

Words used with it

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

• פֶּה peh “lip” 12
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 11
• סָרַר sarar “to rebel” 4
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 5
• הֶם hem “them” 7
• קוֹל qol “voice” 5
• עֶלְיוֹן elyon “Most High” 3
• נִי ni “me” 5
• חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 3
• שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 3
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 4
• חֵמָה chemah “rage” 3

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 21:18 — If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him,…
• 1 Samuel 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his…
• 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…
• Psalms 5:10 — Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
• Psalms 78:8 — And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with…
• Psalms 106:7 — Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
• Isaiah 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
• Lamentations 1:18 — The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone…
• Lamentations 1:20 — Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at…
• Ezekiel 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even…
• Ezekiel 20:21 — Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live…
• Hosea 13:16 — Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women…

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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.