Know the Word.

Hebrew word

mârar

maw-rar'

מָרַר

What it means

to be bitter

to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)

Where it comes from

a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see mar (מַר)); but used only as a denominative from mar (מַר)

How the King James translates it

  • grieved2
  • bitter2
  • vexed2
  • choler2
  • bitterness2
  • made1
  • provoke1
  • grieveth1

Every place it appears 14

Genesis49:23
Exodus1:1423:21
Ruth1:13
1 Samuel30:6
2 Kings4:27
Job27:2
Isaiah22:424:9
Daniel8:711:11
Zechariah12:10
mârar — Hebrew word meaning “to be bitter”