King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4784
Transliteration: marah
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-raw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be contentious or rebellious
Meaning: to be contentious or rebellious
Word Summary
marah: to be contentious or rebellious
Original Word: מָרָהTransliteration: marah
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-raw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be contentious or rebellious
Meaning: to be contentious or rebellious
Strong's Concordance
bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provokingA primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke) -- bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4784. marah
מָרָה verb be contentious, refractory, rebellious (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il; Arabic III. dispute with; Syriac Pa`el contend with); —
Qal. Perfect3masculine singular מָרָה 1 Kings 13:26; feminine מָֽרְתָה Hosea 14:1; מָרָ֑תָה Jeremiah 4:17; 2masculine singular מָרִיתָ 1 Kings 13:21 11t. perfect; Infinitive absolute מָרוֺ Lamentations 1:20; Participle מֹרֶה 2 Kings 14:26 (but read מר, √ מרר, KmpKau הוּא מַר כִּי); מוֺרֶה Deuteronomy 21:18 3t.; feminine מֹרְאָה Zephaniah 3:1 (read מֹרָה; metaplastic form according to Ges§ 75 R. 22); plural מֹרִים Numbers 20:10; — be disobedient, rebellious:
1 וּמֹרֶה סוֺרֵר בֵּן Deuteronomy 21:18, 20 stubborn and rebellious son (towards father).
2 elsewhere towards God: וּמֹרֶה סוֺרֵר דֹּר Psalm 78:8; ומ סורר ׳לֵב Jeremiah 5:23; הָעִיר ונגאלה מוֺרְאָה Zephaniah 3:1; הַמֹּרִים Numbers 20:10 ye rebels (P); absolute Isaiah 50:5; 63:10; Lamentations 1:20 (twice in verse); "" מאן Isaiah 1:20; פשׁע Lamentations 3:42; with בְּ person Hosea 14:1; Psalm 5:11, elsewhere accusative of person Jeremiah 4:17; ׳יs words Psalm 105:28; פי (את) מרה Numbers 20:24; 27:14 (P), 1 Samuel 12:15; 1 Kings 13:21, 26 (D2) Lamentations 1:18. — In Hosea 4:4 read perhaps בִי מָרוּ have rebelled against me (for כִּמְרִיבֵי ᵑ0), so RSProph. iv. n. 8 Che (for other views see ריב).
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine plural הִמְרוּ Psalm 106:33; 107:11; Imperfect יַמְרֶה Joshua 1:18; feminine וַתֶּ֫מֶר Ezekiel 5:6; 2masculine singular תַּמֵּר (as if √ מרר) Exodus 23:21, read תֶּ֫מֶר Di and others; 3 masculine plural יַמְרוּ Psalm 106:43 6t; suffix יַמְרוּהוּ 78:40; 2masculine plural תַּמְרוּ 1 Samuel 12:14 3t.; Infinitive construct לַמְרוֺת Isaiah 3:8; Psalm 78:17; suffix הַמְּרוֺתָם (Ges§ 20. 2b) Job 17:2; Participle plural מַמְרִים Deuteronomy 9:7 2t.; — shew disobedience, rebelliousness, always toward God: absolute Nehemiah 9:26. ("" מרד), Psalm 106:7; 106:43; Job 17:2; with בְּ person Exodus 23:21; Ezekiel 20:8, 13, 21; עִם Deuteronomy 9:7, 24; 31:27; elsewhere accusative of God or his commands: Isaiah 3:8; Ezekiel 5:6; Psalm 78:17; 78:40; 78:56; 107:11; פי את המרה Deuteronomy 1:26, 43; 9:23; Joshua 1:18; 1 Samuel 12:14 (D2), אתרֿוחוֺ Psalm 106:33 (compare Ephesians 4:30); perhaps Psalm 139:20 (see אָמַר 1).