מַר
mar · mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) מָרָה; from H4843 (מָרַר);
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
- bitter (literally or figuratively)
- also, (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the bitterness4 · 13%
- bitter2 · 6%
- the bitter2 · 6%
- into her, and become bitter2 · 6%
- bitterly2 · 6%
- for they were bitter1 · 3%
- from this bitter1 · 3%
- them out with the bitter1 · 3%
- among us, lest angry1 · 3%
- and she was in bitterness1 · 3%
- the bitterness1 · 3%
- that was discontented1 · 3%
- thou not that it will be bitterness1 · 3%
- and they be chafed1 · 3%
- and a bitter1 · 3%
- unto the bitter1 · 3%
- even bitter1 · 3%
- is bitter1 · 3%
- every bitter thing1 · 3%
- unto those that be of heavy1 · 3%
- more bitter1 · 3%
- for bitter1 · 3%
- i had great bitterness1 · 3%
- thing and bitter1 · 3%
- because it is bitter1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.