Strong's Hebrew · H4843
H4843 mârar
מָרַר
maw-rar'
to provoke
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mârar appears 14 times in Scripture, including Genesis 49:23 and Exodus 1:14. 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
to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version
(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
Derivation
a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752 (מַר)); but used only as a denominative from H4751 (מַר);
Appears 14 times in Scripture
“and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.”
“Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.”
““As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—”
“When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.””
“The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.”
“would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.””
““Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.”
“Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.”
“They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.”
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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).
