King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4838
Transliteration: maraq
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-rak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to scour, polish
Meaning: to polish, to sharpen, to rinse
Word Summary
maraq: to scour, polish
Original Word: מָרַקTransliteration: maraq
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-rak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to scour, polish
Meaning: to polish, to sharpen, to rinse
Strong's Concordance
bright, furbish, scour A primitive root; to polish; by implication, to sharpen; also to rinse -- bright, furbish, scour.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4838. maraq
I. [מָרַק] verb scour, polish (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מְרַק; compare Arabic scrape off wool from a skin); —
Qal Imperative הָֽרְמָחִים מִרְקוּ Jeremiah 46:4 polish the lances! Passive participle מָרוּק2 Chronicles 4:16 polished, of bronze utensils of temple (= מְמוֺרָט 1 Kings 7:45).
Hiph`il Imperfect3feminine singular חַמְרִיק only Proverbs 20:30 Kt, figurative, in clause ת מֶּצַע ׳חַבֻּרוֺת בְּרָ֑ע blows that cut in, cleanse away evil (compare De Now Wild VB); Qr תַּמְרוּק i.e. (are) a cleaning. (ᵐ5 συναντᾷ κακοῖς, whence Gr תַּקְדִּים, Frankenb. תִּקְרֶינָה, but improbable).
Pu`al Perfect וּמֹרַק consecutive Leviticus 6:21 be well scoured, of bronze vessel ("" בַּמָּ֑יִם וְשֻׁטַּף).