Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4759
מַרְאָה
marahmar-aw'
vision; mirror
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: marʼâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4759is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4759
a vision; also (causatively) a mirror
The King James renders it: looking glass, vision.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
marah is rendered "vision; mirror". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "vision".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 46:2And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
Genesis 46:2בְּמַרְאֹ֣ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: vision, and mirror.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| visionStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 46:2And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am… |
| mirrorStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the vision4
- in visions of3
- and visions1
- by the vision1
- on the vision1
- visions of1
- with mirrors of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַרְאֶה | mareh | appearance | Uses103 |
| מַרְבִּית | marbith | greatness | Uses5 |
| מַרְגְלָה | margelah | feet | Uses5 |
| מַרְבֵּק | marbeq | stall | Uses4 |
| מַרְבַד | marbad | covering | Uses2 |
| מַרְבֶה | marbeh | abundance | Uses2 |
| מַרְבֵּץ | marbets | resting | Uses2 |
| מַרְחֶשֶׁת | marchesheth | pan | Uses2 |
| מַרְזֵחַ | marzeach | mourning | Uses1 |
| מַרְדּוּת | marduth | rebellious | Uses1 |
| מַרְאָשָׁה | marashah | head | Uses1 |
| מַרְגּוֹעַ | margoa | rest | Uses1 |
and 3 more on the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בַּמַּרְאָה֙2
- בְּמַרְא֣וֹת2
- בְּמַרְאֹ֣ת1
- בְּמַרְאֹת֙1
- הַמַּרְאָ֖ה1
- הַמַּרְאָ֔ה1
- הַמַּרְאָ֑ה1
- הַמַּרְאָ֤ה1
- וּמַרְא֕וֹת1
- מַרְא֥וֹת1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)4HR/Ncfpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
Genesis
one use
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- בְּמַרְאֹ֣תbemarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in visions of
Exodus
one use
Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- בְּמַרְאֹת֙bemarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with mirrors of
Numbers
one use
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- בַּמַּרְאָה֙bamarahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: by the vision
1 Samuel
one use
Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
- הַמַּרְאָ֖הhamarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the vision
Ezekiel
four uses
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.
- מַרְא֥וֹתmarotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: visions 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.
- בְּמַרְא֣וֹתbemarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in visions 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.
- בְּמַרְא֣וֹתbemarotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in visions of
The 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,
- וּמַרְא֕וֹתumarotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and visions
Daniel
four uses
Only 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.
- הַמַּרְאָ֔הhamarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the vision
- הַמַּרְאָ֑הhamarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the vision
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- הַמַּרְאָ֤הhamarahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the vision
And 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.
- בַּמַּרְאָה֙bamarahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: on the vision
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.