H4843: מָרַר
mârar · pronounced maw-rar' · “to provoke”
Definition
to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
Word origin: a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752 (מַר)); but used only as a denominative from H4751 (מַר);
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to be bitter
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to show bitterness
1b2) to make bitter
1c) (Hiphil) to make bitter, embitter
1d) (Hithpalpel)
1d1) to embitter oneself
1d2) to be enraged
2) (TWOT) to be strong, strengthen
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4843 is translated
- it is bitter ×4
- him ×1
- they made bitter ×1
- you cause bitterness ×1
- he has caused bitterness ×1
- who he has made bitter ×1
- i will show bitterness ×1
- it will be bitter ×1
- it was bitter ×1
- it was enraged ×1
- he may be enraged ×1
- they will show bitterness ×1
Bible verses with H4843 (mârar)
Mârar appears in 15 verses.
- 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 them serve, was with rigour.
- 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 1:13
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
- 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; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
- 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 24:9
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
- 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 back.
- 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 bitterness.
- Daniel 8:7
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
- 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 multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
- 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 have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Words derived from H4843
מַמְרֹר H4472
mamrôr — bitterness
מַר H4751
mar — bitter
מַר H4752
mar — drop
מֹר H4753
môr — myrrh
מֹרָה H4786
môrâh — bitterness
מְרִירוּת H4814
mᵉrîyrûwth — bitterness
מְרִירִי H4815
mᵉrîyrîy — bitter
מְרֹר H4844
mᵉrôr — bitterness
מְרֵרָה H4845
mᵉrêrâh — gall
מְרֹרָה H4846
mᵉrôrâh — gall
מְרָרִי H4847
Mᵉrârîy — Merari
תַּמְרוּר H8563
tamrûwr — bitterness