מְרֹרָה
mĕrōrâ
bitter thing
Strong's H4846NounHebrewTWOT 1248f

מְרֹרָה (mĕrōrâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning bitter thing. It appears 4 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4846).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1248f)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1248f)bitter thing, gall, poison; bitterness, bile, venom; bitter
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְרֹרָה noun, feminine: bitter thing, gall, poison

Strong's H4846 מְרֹרָה: properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent)
KJV:bitter (thing), gall.

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

Deuteronomy 32:32Job 13:26

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