מַר
mar
bitter
Strong's H4751AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1248a

מַר (mar) is a Hebrew adjective meaning bitter. It appears 39 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4751).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1248a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1248a)bitter, bitterness; bitterly; angry, chafed, discontented, heavy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַר adjective: bitter, bitterness

and substantive bitter, bitterness

Strong's H4751 מַר: bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
KJV:angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, × great, heavy.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1248: מָרַר mārar — be bitter; make bitter, shew bitterness; be, make; bitterly, bitterness, be moved with choler, grieved, provoke, vex

See it in Scripture

Genesis 27:34Exodus 15:23Numbers 5:18

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