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
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H4751 — מַר
mar · bitter · Hebrew/Aramaic
31 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 27:34 · וּמָרָ֖הWhen Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”Exodus 15:23 · מָרִ֖יםWhen they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah.Numbers 5:18 · הַמָּרִ֖יםThe priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.Numbers 5:19 · הַמָּרִ֥יםThe priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.Numbers 5:23 · הַמָּרִֽים׃“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.Numbers 5:24 · הַמָּרִ֖ים · לְמָרִֽים׃He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.Numbers 5:27 · לְמָרִ֔יםWhen he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.Judges 18:25 · מָ֣רֵיThe children of Dan said to him, “Don’t let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.”1 Samuel 1:10 · מָ֣רַתShe was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.1 Samuel 15:32 · מַר־Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”1 Samuel 22:2 · מַר־Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.2 Samuel 2:26 · מָרָ֥הThen Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”2 Samuel 17:8 · וּמָרֵ֥יHushai said moreover, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.Esther 4:1 · וּמָרָֽה׃Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly.Job 3:20 · לְמָ֣רֵי“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,Job 7:11 · בְּמַ֣ר“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.Job 10:1 · בְּמַ֣ר“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.Job 21:25 · מָרָ֑הAnother dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.Psalm 64:3 · מָֽר׃who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,Proverbs 5:4 · מָרָ֣הBut in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.Proverbs 27:7 · מַ֥רA full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.Proverbs 31:6 · לְמָ֣רֵיGive strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:Ecclesiastes 7:26 · מַ֣רI find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.Isaiah 5:20 · מַ֛ר · לְמָֽר׃ סWoe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Isaiah 33:7 · מַ֖רBehold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.Isaiah 38:15 · מַ֥רWhat will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.Isaiah 38:17 · מָ֑רBehold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.Jeremiah 2:19 · וָמָ֔ר“Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.Amos 8:10 · מָֽר׃I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.Habakkuk 1:6 · הַמַּ֣רFor, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.Zephaniah 1:14 · מַ֥רThe great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.