מָרַר

Strong’s Definition

to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root; properly, to trickle (see H4752 (מַר)); but used only as a denominative from H4751 (מַר);

KJV Usage

(be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be bitter
• 2.(qal) to be bitter
• 3.(piel)
• 4.(hiphil) to make bitter, embitter
• 5.(hithpalpel)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mârar; Pronunciation: maw-rar'