Bible Names

Maroth: meaning of the name

Maroth means “bitterness.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Maroth in Hebrew and Greek

מָרוֹת H4796

Mârôwth (maw-rohth') — Maroth, a place in Palestine

plural of H4751 (מַר) feminine; bitter springs;

Places named Maroth

Maroth in Scripture

“Maroth” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Micah 1:12

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.