Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3992: מָאַר

mâʼar · pronounced maw-ar' · “to malign”

Definition

to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful

KJV translates it as: fretting, picking.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

(Hiphil) to pain, prick, irritate, be in pain

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3992 is translated

  • malignant ×3
  • which pricks ×1

Bible verses with H3992 (mâʼar)

Mâʼar appears in 4 verses.

  • Leviticus 13:51

    And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

  • Leviticus 13:52

    He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

  • Leviticus 14:44

    Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

  • Ezekiel 28:24

    And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.