מָרַר
mârar · maw-rar'
to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752 (מַר)); but used only as a denominative from H4751 (מַר);
to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָרַר 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- bitterly2 · 12%
- have sorely grieved him1 · 6%
- and they made1 · 6%
- bitter1 · 6%
- provoke1 · 6%
- for it grieveth1 · 6%
- was grieved1 · 6%
- is vexed1 · 6%
- who hath vexed1 · 6%
- shall be bitter1 · 6%
- i had great bitterness1 · 6%
- and she is in bitterness1 · 6%
- and he was moved with choler1 · 6%
- shall be moved with choler1 · 6%
- son, and shall be in bitterness1 · 6%
- for him, as one that is in bitterness1 · 6%
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.