Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H4784

Strong's H4784 · Hebrew

מָרָה

mârâh · /maw-raw'/

Number
H4784
Language
Hebrew
Original word
מָרָה
Transliteration
mârâh
Pronunciation
maw-raw'
KJV occurrences
43 verses

Definition

to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

KJV: bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).

Root / derivation: a primitive root;

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered מָרָה across 43 verses.

rebelled15×
rebellious9×
provoked4×
rebel4×
disobedient2×
provoke2×
against1×
bitter1×
changed1×
disobeyed1×
grievously1×
provocation1×
provoking1×
rebels1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

43 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Numbers3 verses
Deuteronomy8 verses
Deuteronomy 1:26

Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

Deuteronomy 1:43

So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. went: Heb. ye were presumptuous, and went up

Deuteronomy 9:7

Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

Deuteronomy 9:23

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

Deuteronomy 9:24

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

Deuteronomy 21:18

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Deuteronomy 21:20

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Joshua1 verse
1 Samuel2 verses
1 Kings2 verses
2 Kings1 verse
Nehemiah1 verse
Job1 verse
Psalms10 verses
Psalms 5:10

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. Destroy: or, Make them guilty by: or, from their counsels

Psalms 78:8

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. that: Heb. that prepared not their heart

Psalms 78:17

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Psalms 78:40

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! provoke: or, rebel against

Psalms 78:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalms 105:28

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Psalms 106:7

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

Psalms 106:33

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Psalms 106:43

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. brought: or, impoverished, or, weakened

Psalms 107:11

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Isaiah4 verses
Jeremiah2 verses
Lamentations3 verses
Ezekiel4 verses
Ezekiel 5:6

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

Ezekiel 20:8

But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Ezekiel 20:21

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

Hosea1 verse

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H4784 (mârâh) mean?

to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

How many times does H4784 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H4784 (מָרָה) appears in 43 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “rebelled.”

How is mârâh translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H4784 is rendered as “rebelled” (15×), “rebellious” (9×), “provoked” (4×), “rebel” (4×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word מָרָה come from?

a primitive root;