King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4850
Transliteration: Merathayim
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-aw-thah'-yim)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Short Definition: perhaps "double rebellion", another name for Bab
Meaning: Merathaim -- perhaps "double rebellion", another name for Babylon
Word Summary
Merathayim: perhaps "double rebellion", another name for Bab
Original Word: מְרָתַיִםTransliteration: Merathayim
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-aw-thah'-yim)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Short Definition: perhaps "double rebellion", another name for Bab
Meaning: Merathaim -- perhaps "double rebellion", another name for Babylon
Strong's Concordance
Merathaim Dual of mar feminine; double bitterness; Merathajim, an epithet of Babylon -- Merathaim.
see HEBREW mar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4850. Merathayim
מְרָתַ֫יִם used as proper name, feminine = Babylon, מ ׳הָאָרֶץ עַלֿ עָלֶיהָ עֲלֵה Jeremiah 50:21; perhaps = Double rebellion (dual) √ מרה q. v.; DePar 182 thinks = Babylonian Marrâtim, i.e., land by the nar Marrâtu, the bitter river (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia.