Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H4751מַרmar
bitterPart of speech: Hebrew Adjective (Masculine)
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37 occurrences in 34 verses
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When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: 'Bless me, even me also, O my father.'
וּמָרָ֖ה (מָרָ֖ה) ma.Rah “bitter”
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.
מָרִ֖ים ma.Rim “[were] bitter”
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy; and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness t
הַמָּרִ֖ים (מָּרִ֖ים) ma.Rim “bitter [things]”
And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman: 'If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse;
הַמָּרִ֥ים (מָּרִ֥ים) ma.Rim “bitter [things]”
And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
הַמָּרִֽים׃ (מָּרִֽים) ma.Rim “bitter [things]”
And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
הַמָּרִ֖ים (מָּרִ֖ים) ma.Rim “bitter [things]”לְמָרִֽים׃ (מָרִֽים) ma.Rim “bitter [things]”
And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her th
לְמָרִ֔ים (מָרִ֔ים) ma.Rim “bitter [things]”
And the children of Dan said unto him: 'Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.'
מָ֣רֵי Ma.rei “bitter of”
and she was in bitterness of soul--and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
מָ֣רַת Ma.rat “[was] bitter of”
Then said Samuel: 'Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.' And Agag came unto him in chains. And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.'
מַר־ mar- “[the] bitterness of”
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.
מַר־ mar- “bitter of”
Then Abner called to Joab, and said: 'Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?'
מָרָ֥ה ma.Rah “bitter”
Hushai said moreover: 'Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
וּמָרֵ֥י (מָרֵ֥י) ma.Rei “[are] bitter of”
Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
וּמָרָֽה׃ (מָרָֽה) ma.Rah “bitter”
Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul--
לְמָ֣רֵי (מָ֣רֵי) Ma.rei “[people] bitter of”
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
בְּמַ֣ר (מַ֣ר) Mar “[the] bitterness of”
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
בְּמַ֣ר (מַ֣ר) Mar “[the] bitterness of”
And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good.
מָרָ֑ה ma.Rah “bitter”
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;
מָֽר׃ Mar “bitter”
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
מָרָ֣ה ma.Rah “[is] bitter”
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
מַ֥ר mar “bitter [thing]”
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter in soul;
לְמָ֣רֵי (מָ֣רֵי) Ma.rei “[people] bitter of”
and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands; whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
מַ֣ר mar “bitter”
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that change darkness into light, and light into darkness; that change bitter into sweet, and sweet into bitter!
מַ֛ר mar “bitter”לְמָֽר׃ (מָֽר) Mar “bitter”
Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
מַ֖ר mar “bitter”