Strong's Hebrew · H4751
H4751 mar
מַר
mar
bitter
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mar appears 39 times in Scripture, including Genesis 27:34 and Exodus 15:23. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
In the King James Version
angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, × great, heavy.
Derivation
or (feminine) מָרָה; from H4843 (מָרַר);
Appears 39 times in Scripture
“Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.”
“And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.”
“Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.”
“When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!””
“When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.”
“And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)”
“And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.”
“He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.”
“After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
