מְרִי
mᵉrîy · mer-ee'
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4784 (מָרָה);
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
- bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion
- concretely, bitter, or rebellious
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bitter, (most) rebel(-lion, -lious).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the hand that works
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְרִי 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for they are a rebellious3 · 13%
- though they be a rebellious3 · 13%
- against the rebels1 · 4%
- thy rebellion1 · 4%
- for rebellion1 · 4%
- and in their rebellion1 · 4%
- bitter1 · 4%
- only rebellion1 · 4%
- that this is a rebellious1 · 4%
- for they are most rebellious1 · 4%
- thou rebellious1 · 4%
- like that rebellious1 · 4%
- of a rebellious1 · 4%
- not: for they are a rebellious1 · 4%
- the rebellious1 · 4%
- o rebellious1 · 4%
- now to the rebellious1 · 4%
- unto the rebellious1 · 4%
- to the rebellious1 · 4%
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.