HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4751
מַר
mar — bitter
adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly
31 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Bittern
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4843
מָרַר
ma.rar — to provoke
1) to be bitter 1a) (Qal) to be bitter 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to show bitterness 1b2) to make bitter 1c) (Hiphil) to make bitter, embitter 1d) (Hithpalpel) 1d1) to embitter oneself 1d2) to be enraged 2) (TWOT) to be strong, strengthen
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3939
לַעֲנָה
la.a.nah — wormwood
1) wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4088
πικρία
pikria — bitterness
πικρία, -ας, ἡ (πικρός), [in LXX chiefly for מַר and cognate forms ;] bitterness; (a) of taste (Arist., Jer.15:17, al.); (b) metaphorically, of temper, character, etc.: Rom.3:14 (LXX), Eph.4:31; ῥίζα πικρίας, Heb.12:15; χολὴ π., a malignant disposition, Act.8:23.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4846
מְרֹרָה
me.ro.rah — gall
1) bitter thing, gall, poison 1a) gall, gall-bladder (seat of gall) 1b) poison, venom 1c) bitter thing 1d) bitterness
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4844
מָרֹר
me.ror — bitterness
bitter thing, bitter herb, bitterness
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8563
תַּמְרוּר
tam.rur — bitterness
bitterness
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3236
יִמְרָה
yim.rah — Imrah
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.36; son of: Zophah (H6690); brother of: Suah (H5477), Harnepher (H2774), Shual (H7777B), Beri (H1275), Bezer (H1221H), Hod (H1936), Shamma (H8037H), Shilshah (H8030), Ithran (H3506H) and Beera (H0878) § Imrah = "bitterness" a descendant of Asher of the family of Zophah and a chief of the tribe
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4470
מֶ֫מֶר
me.mer — bitterness
bitterness
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4472
מַמְרוֹר
mam.ror — bitterness
bitter thing, bitterness
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4755
מָרָא
ma.ra — Mara
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458); mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20; Another name of no.o.mi (נׇעֳמִי "Naomi" H5281) § Mara = "bitterness" a name that Naomi called herself due to her calamities
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4786
מֹרָה
mo.rah — bitterness
bitterness, grief
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4787
מׇרָּה
mor.rah — bitterness
bitterness
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4796
מָרוֹת
ma.rot — Maroth
§ Maroth = "bitterness" one of the towns in the lowland of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8793
πικρασμός
pikrasmos — bitterness
bitterness
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4814
מְרִירוּת
me.ri.rut — bitterness
bitterness
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Is found three times in connection with the desolations to come upon Babylon, Idumea, and Nineveh (Isa. 14:23; 34:11; Zeph. 2:14). This bird belongs to the class of cranes. Its scientific name is Botaurus stellaris. It is a solitary bird, frequenting marshy ground. The Hebrew word (kippod) thus rendered in the Authorized Version is rendered “porcupine” in the Revised Version. But in the passages noted the kippod is associated with birds, with pools of water, and with solitude and desolation. This favours the idea that not the “porcupine” but the “bittern” is really intended by the word.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.