Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4848: מְרָרִי

Mᵉrârîy · pronounced mer-aw-ree' · “Merari”

Definition

a Merarite (collectively), or decendants of Merari

KJV translates it as: Merarites.

Word origin: from H4847 (מְרָרִי);

Extended definition

Someone descended from Merari who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11;
son of: Levi (H3878);
brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115);
father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269)
Another name of me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4847)
§ Merarites, of Marari "bitter"
descendants of Merari, the son of Levi, and members of a Levitical family

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

How H4848 is translated

  • the merarites ×2
  • merari ×1
  • merarites ×1

Bible verses with H4848 (Mᵉrârîy)

Mᵉrârîy appears in 3 verses.

  • Numbers 3:33

    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

  • Numbers 3:35

    And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

  • Numbers 26:57

    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.