מָרַר marar
Hebrew word for “to provoke” · Strong’s H4843 · used 16 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) to be bitter; 1a) (Qal) to be bitter;
How it is translated
Glosses given for marar in context, with how often each is used:
- bitter 5
- will show bitterness 2
- showed bitterness to 1
- made bitter 1
- cause bitterness 1
- has caused bitterness 1
- who he has made bitter 1
- will be bitter 1
- enraged 1
- may be enraged 1
- shows bitterness 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ruth | 2 | 1.5 | |
| Daniel | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ruth 1 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 1 (1), Exodus 23 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), Job 27 (1), Isaiah 22 (1), Isaiah 24 (1), Isaiah 38 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1)
Forms
- מר 4
- המר 2
- ויתמרמר 2
- וימררהו 1
- וימררו 1
- תמר 1
- מרה 1
- אמרר 1
- ימר 1
- והמר 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with marar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַל al “not” 4
- נִי ni “me” 4
- שַׁדַּי shadday “Almighty” 2
- בְּלִי beli “without” 2
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 3
- שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 2
- נָגַע naga “to touch” 2
- מְאֹד meod “much” 2
- חַי chay “alive” 2
- הָ ha “her” 2
- עָמַד amad “to stand” 2
- בַּת bat “daughter” 2
Key verses
The verses using marar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 49:23 — The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
- Exodus 1:14 — And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made…
- Exodus 23:21 — Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
- Ruth 1:20 — And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
- 2 Kings 4:27 — And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone;…
- Job 27:2 — As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
- Isaiah 22:4 — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
- 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 4:18 — Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
- Lamentations 1:4 — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in…
- Daniel 11:11 — And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great…
- Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
See all 15 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.