hebrew #4751 - מַר mar or marah (bitter)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}; from marar; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly -- + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy.

see HEBREW marar

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 literally, of water Exodus 15:23 (J); food Proverbs 27:7 (opposed to מָתוֺק); wormwood (לַעֲנָהProverbs 5:4 (in simile of end of harlot, compare Ecclesiastes 7:26 below); as substantive plural, of physical pain, result of curse לְמָרִיםNumbers 5:24,27, whence מֵי הַמָּרִיםNumbers 5:18 (compare Di) Numbers 5:19; Numbers 5:23; Numbers 5:24; of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2 Samuel 2:26; of wickedness Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 4:18;=injurious, hurtfulIsaiah 5:20 (twice in verse) (opposed to מָתוֺק).

2figurative,

a.of cry (צְעָקָה, זְעָקָה) Genesis 27:34 (J), Esther 4:1; מִסְמֵּד מָ֑רEzekiel 27:31 (strike out Co); דָּבָר מָ֑רPsalm 64:4; as adverb (cry, weep) bitterlyEzekiel 27:30 (מָרָה), Zephaniah 1:14; Isaiah 33:7 (both מַר).

b.of feeling, temper, especially withנֶפֶשׁ: אֲנָשִׁיםמָרֵי נֶפֶשׁJudges 18:25men fierce (GFM acrid) of temper, so 2 Samuel 17:8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); הַגּוֺי הַמַּרHabakkuk 1:6the fierce nation; מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ=discontented1 Samuel 22:2; מַרֵי נֶפֶשׁ=the bitterly wretchedJob 3:20; Proverbs 31:6, so ׳מָרַת נ1 Samuel 1:10; compare יוֺם מָ֑רAmos 8:10; as substantive abstract מַרנֶֿפֶשׁbitterness of soulIsaiah 38:15; Ezekiel 27:31 (strike out Co), Job 7:11; Job 10:1=נפשׁ מָרָהJob 21:25; compare מָרָאRuth 1:20 (name given to Naomi by herself); מַרהַֿמָּוֶת1 Samuel 15:32the bitterness of death; מַרמִֿמָּוֶתEcclesiastes 7:26 (metaphor of harlot); in Ezekiel 3:14I went bitterly, strike out מַר Co. — Isaiah 38:17 see מרר.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4751. מָר (mar or marah) — 41 Occurrences

Genesis 27:34
HEB:צְעָקָ֔ה גְּדֹלָ֥ה וּמָרָ֖ה עַד־ מְאֹ֑ד
NAS: great and bitter cry,
KJV: and exceeding bitter cry,
INT: cry great and bitter with an exceedingly

Exodus 15:23
HEB:מִמָּרָ֔ה כִּ֥י מָרִ֖ים הֵ֑ם עַל־
NAS: of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore
KJV: of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name
INT: of Marah for were bitter like and

Numbers 5:18
HEB:יִהְי֔וּ מֵ֥י הַמָּרִ֖ים הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים׃
NAS: is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse.
KJV: shall have in his hand the bitter water
INT: become is to be the water of bitterness brings

Numbers 5:19
HEB:הִנָּקִ֕י מִמֵּ֛י הַמָּרִ֥ים הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
NAS: water of bitterness that brings a curse;
KJV: be thou free from this bitter water
INT: be immune water of bitterness brings to this

Numbers 5:23
HEB:אֶל־ מֵ֥י הַמָּרִֽים׃
NAS: into the water of bitterness.
KJV: and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:
INT: into the water of bitterness

Numbers 5:24
HEB:אֶת־ מֵ֥י הַמָּרִ֖ים הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים וּבָ֥אוּ
NAS: the water of bitterness that brings
KJV: to drink the bitter water
INT: the woman the water of bitterness brings will go

Numbers 5:24
HEB:הַמַּ֥יִם הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים לְמָרִֽים׃
NAS: will go into her and [cause] bitterness.
KJV: shall enter into her, [and become] bitter.
INT: the water A curse her and bitterness

Numbers 5:27
HEB:הַמַּ֤יִם הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙ לְמָרִ֔ים וְצָבְתָ֣ה בִטְנָ֔הּ
NAS: will go into her and [cause] bitterness, and her abdomen
KJV: shall enter into her, [and become] bitter, and her belly
INT: the water brings her and bitterness will swell abdomen

Judges 18:25
HEB:בָכֶ֗ם אֲנָשִׁים֙ מָ֣רֵי נֶ֔פֶשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ֥ה
NAS: among us, or else fierce men will fall
INT: will fall men angry your life will lose

1 Samuel 1:10
HEB: וְהִ֖יא מָ֣רַת נָ֑פֶשׁ וַתִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל
NAS:She, greatly distressed, prayed
KJV:And she [was] in bitterness of soul,
INT: She greatly of soul prayed

1 Samuel 15:32
HEB:אָכֵ֖ן סָ֥ר מַר־ הַמָּֽוֶת׃ ס
NAS: Surely the bitterness of death
KJV: Surely the bitterness of death
INT: Surely is past the bitterness of death

1 Samuel 22:2
HEB:וְכָל־ אִ֣ישׁ מַר־ נֶ֔פֶשׁ וַיְהִ֥י
NAS: and everyone who was discontented gathered
INT: and everyone men angry and he became

2 Samuel 2:26
HEB:יָדַ֔עְתָּה כִּֽי־ מָרָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה
NAS: Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end?
KJV: knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?
INT: acknowledge that it will be bitter become after

2 Samuel 17:8
HEB:גִבֹּרִ֣ים הֵ֗מָּה וּמָרֵ֥י נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ הֵ֔מָּה
NAS: that they are mighty men and they are fierce, like a bear
KJV: that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds,
INT: are mighty like and they chafed their minds like

Esther 4:1
HEB:זְעָקָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה וּמָרָֽה׃
NAS: and wailed loudly and bitterly.
KJV: with a loud and a bitter cry;
INT: cry loudly and bitterly

Job 3:20
HEB:א֑וֹר וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃
NAS: And life to the bitter of soul,
KJV: and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
INT: is light and life to the bitter of soul

Job 7:11
HEB:רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃
NAS: I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
KJV: I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
INT: of my spirit will complain the bitterness of my soul

Job 10:1
HEB:שִׂיחִ֑י אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃
NAS: I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
KJV: upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
INT: my complaint will speak the bitterness of my soul

Job 21:25
HEB:יָ֭מוּת בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ מָרָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־ אָ֝כַ֗ל
NAS: dies with a bitter soul,
KJV: And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul,
INT: dies soul A bitter Never tasting

Psalm 64:3
HEB:חִ֝צָּ֗ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר׃
NAS: They aimed bitter speech
KJV: [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
INT: their arrow speech bitter

Proverbs 5:4
HEB: וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה
NAS: But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
KJV: But her end is bitter as wormwood,
INT: the end is bitter wormwood Sharp

Proverbs 14:10
HEB:לֵ֗ב י֭וֹדֵעַ מָרַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ
INT: the heart knows angry own joy

Proverbs 27:7
HEB:רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה כָּל־ מַ֥ר מָתֽוֹק׃
NAS: man any bitter thing is sweet.
KJV: soul every bitter thing is sweet.
INT: to a famished any bitter is sweet

Proverbs 31:6
HEB:לְאוֹבֵ֑ד וְ֝יַיִן לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃
NAS: And wine to him whose life is bitter.
KJV: and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
INT: is perishing and wine is bitter life

Ecclesiastes 7:26
HEB:וּמוֹצֶ֨א אֲנִ֜י מַ֣ר מִמָּ֗וֶת אֶת־
NAS: more bitter than
KJV: And I find more bitter than death
INT: discovered I bitter death the woman

Isaiah 5:20
HEB:לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ שָׂמִ֥ים מַ֛ר לְמָת֖וֹק וּמָת֥וֹק
NAS: Who substitute bitter for sweet
KJV: that put bitter for sweet,
INT: darkness substitute bitter sweet and sweet

Isaiah 5:20
HEB:לְמָת֖וֹק וּמָת֥וֹק לְמָֽר׃ ס
NAS: for sweet and sweet for bitter!
KJV: for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
INT: sweet and sweet bitter

Isaiah 33:7
HEB:מַלְאֲכֵ֣י שָׁל֔וֹם מַ֖ר יִבְכָּיֽוּן׃
NAS: of peace weep bitterly.
KJV: of peace shall weep bitterly.
INT: the ambassadors of peace bitterly weep

Isaiah 38:15
HEB:שְׁנוֹתַ֖י עַל־ מַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃
NAS: because of the bitterness of my soul.
KJV: all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
INT: my years because of the bitterness of my soul

Isaiah 38:17
HEB:הִנֵּ֥ה לְשָׁל֖וֹם מַר־ לִ֣י מָ֑ר
NAS: I had great bitterness;
INT: Lo for welfare great bitterness who

Isaiah 38:17
HEB:מַר־ לִ֣י מָ֑ר וְאַתָּ֞ה חָשַׁ֤קְתָּ
NAS: great bitterness; It is You who has kept
INT: for welfare great bitterness who has kept

Jeremiah 2:19
HEB:כִּי־ רַ֣ע וָמָ֔ר עָזְבֵ֖ךְ אֶת־
NAS: that it is evil and bitter For you to forsake
KJV: that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken
INT: that it is evil and bitter to forsake the LORD

Jeremiah 4:18
HEB:רָעָתֵךְ֙ כִּ֣י מָ֔ר כִּ֥י נָגַ֖ע
NAS: How bitter! How
KJV: these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth
INT: wickedness How bitter How has touched

Lamentations 1:4
HEB:נּוּג֖וֹת וְהִ֥יא מַר־ לָֽהּ׃ ס
INT: are afflicted herself angry

Ezekiel 3:14
HEB:וַתִּקָּחֵ֑נִי וָאֵלֵ֥ךְ מַר֙ בַּחֲמַ֣ת רוּחִ֔י
NAS: me away; and I went embittered in the rage
KJV: and I went in bitterness, in the heat
INT: and took went embittered the rage of my spirit

Ezekiel 27:30
HEB:בְּקוֹלָ֔ם וְיִזְעֲק֖וּ מָרָ֑ה וְיַעֲל֤וּ עָֽפָר֙
NAS: you And will cry bitterly. They will cast
KJV: against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up
INT: their voice and will cry bitterly will cast dust

Ezekiel 27:31
HEB:וּבָכ֥וּ אֵלַ֛יִךְ בְּמַר־ נֶ֖פֶשׁ מִסְפֵּ֥ד
NAS: And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul
KJV: and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart
INT: will weep for bitterness of soul mourning

Ezekiel 27:31
HEB:נֶ֖פֶשׁ מִסְפֵּ֥ד מָֽר׃
NAS: of soul With bitter mourning.
KJV: of heart [and] bitter wailing.
INT: of soul mourning bitter

Amos 8:10
HEB:וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ כְּי֥וֹם מָֽר׃
NAS: And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
KJV: [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
INT: and the end day A bitter

Habakkuk 1:6
HEB:הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים הַגּ֖וֹי הַמַּ֣ר וְהַנִּמְהָ֑ר הַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙
NAS: up the Chaldeans, That fierce and impetuous
KJV: the Chaldeans, [that] bitter and hasty
INT: the Chaldeans people fierce and impetuous march

Zephaniah 1:14
HEB:י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה מַ֥ר צֹרֵ֖חַ שָׁ֥ם
NAS: In it the warrior cries out bitterly.
KJV: shall cry there bitterly.
INT: the day of the LORD bitterly cries it