מָרַץ
mârats · maw-rats'
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate
- properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement
- to irritate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: embolden, be forcible, grievous, sore.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › to pursue the straight path
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָרַץ 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- me with a grievous1 · 25%
- how forcible1 · 25%
- or what emboldeneth1 · 25%
- you, even with a sore1 · 25%
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.