Word Study · Strong's H4759 · Hebrew
מַרְאָה
marah
mar-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: marʼâh
“a vision”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a vision; also (causatively) a mirror
Rendered in the KJV as
looking glass, vision.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- בַּמַּרְאָה֙2
- בְּמַרְא֣וֹת2
- בְּמַרְאֹ֣ת1
- בְּמַרְאֹת֙1
- הַמַּרְאָ֖ה1
- הַמַּרְאָ֔ה1
- הַמַּרְאָ֑ה1
- הַמַּרְאָ֤ה1
- וּמַרְא֕וֹת1
- מַרְא֥וֹת1
How it is rendered · 8
- the vision4
- in visions of2
- and visions1
- by the vision1
- in [the] visions of1
- on the vision1
- visions of1
- with [the] mirrors of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)4
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfpc · 4
- HTd/Ncfsa · 4
- HRd/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfpa · 1
- HNcfpc · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 1:1מַרְא֥וֹתmarotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.here: visions of
- Ezekiel 8:3בְּמַרְא֣וֹתbemarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.here: in visions of
- Ezekiel 40:2בְּמַרְא֣וֹתbemarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.here: in visions of
- Ezekiel 43:3וּמַרְא֕וֹתumarotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluralThe vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,here: and visions
Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 10:7הַמַּרְאָ֔הhamarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOnly I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.here: the vision
- Daniel 10:7הַמַּרְאָ֑הhamarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularOnly I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.here: the vision
- Daniel 10:8הַמַּרְאָ֤הhamarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.here: the vision
- Daniel 10:16בַּמַּרְאָה֙bamarahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularAnd suddenly one with the likeness of a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength.here: on the vision