Word Study · Strong's H4846 · Hebrew
מְרֹרָה
merorah
mer-o-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉrôrâh
“properly, bitterness”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent)
Rendered in the KJV as
bitter (thing), gall.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ1
- מְרוֹרַ֖ת1
- מְרֹר֑וֹת1
- מְרֹרֹ֖ת1
How it is rendered · 4
- [are] bitter1
- bitter things1
- from gall-bladder his1
- venom of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- adjective · feminine plural2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAafpa · 2
- HNcfsc · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Job carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Job3 occurrences
- Job 13:26מְרֹר֑וֹתmerorotadjective · feminine pluralFor You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.here: bitter things
- Job 20:14מְרוֹרַ֖תmeroratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.here: venom of
- Job 20:25מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹmimeroratopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIt is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.here: from gall-bladder his