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Hebrew verb · H4784

מָרָה

marahmaw-raw'

to rebel

45 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: mârâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4784is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 39
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4784

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

The King James renders it: bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).

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 "to rebel". It stands 45 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 20:10Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-nine different ways.

The first use

Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

Numbers 20:10הַמֹּרִ֔ים

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and rebellious4
  • and they rebelled4
  • I have been rebellious3
  • and you rebelled against2
  • rebelling2
  • rebellious2
  • they rebelled2
  • you rebelled against2
  • and it has rebelled against1
  • and on rebelling they1
  • and they rebelled against1
  • and they were disobedient1

and 20 more, 45 uses in all

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.

מָרָקmaraqbrothUses3
מָרָאmarato flapUses2
מָרָדmaradrebelliousUses2

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 45, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

39 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

  • וַיַּמְרוּ־3
  • מָרִ֑יתִי3
  • הִמְר֥וּ2
  • מַמְרִ֥ים2
  • הַמֹּרִ֔ים1
  • וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם1
  • וַ֭יַּמְרוּ1
  • וַיַּמְר֖וּ1
  • וַיַּמְר֨וּ1
  • וּמוֹרֶ֔ה1
  • וּמוֹרֶ֑ה1
  • וּמֹ֫רֶ֥ה1

and 27 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vhw3mp6Hc/Vhw3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular4HC/Vqrmsa
  • Hc/Vhw2mp3Hc/Vhw2mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural3HVhrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular3HVqp1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqp3fs
  • Hc/Vqq2mp2Hc/Vqq2mp
  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vhcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVhp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqp2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/R/Vhcc/Sp3mp

Numbers

three uses
  • Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”

    Numbers 20:10

    • הַמֹּרִ֔יםhamorimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: O rebels
  • “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

    Numbers 20:24

    • מְרִיתֶ֥םmeritemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you rebelled against
  • for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

    Numbers 27:14

    • מְרִיתֶ֨םmeritemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you rebelled against

Deuteronomy

eight uses
  • But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 1:26

    • וַתַּמְר֕וּvatamruHc/Vhw2mptagged: and you rebelled toward
  • So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

    Deuteronomy 1:43

    • וַתַּמְרוּ֙vatamruHc/Vhw2mptagged: and you rebelled against
  • Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.

    Deuteronomy 9:7

    • מַמְרִ֥יםmamrimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: rebelling
  • And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.

    Deuteronomy 9:23

    • וַתַּמְר֗וּvatamruHc/Vhw2mptagged: and you rebelled against
  • You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.

    Deuteronomy 9:24

    • מַמְרִ֥יםmamrimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: rebelling
  • If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

    Deuteronomy 21:18

    • וּמוֹרֶ֔הumorehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and rebellious
  • and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

    Deuteronomy 21:20

    • וּמֹרֶ֔הumorehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and rebellious
  • For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

    Deuteronomy 31:27

    • מַמְרִ֤יםmamrimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: rebellious

Joshua

one use
  • Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”

    Joshua 1:18

    • יַמְרֶ֣הyamrehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will rebel toward

1 Samuel

three uses
  • If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

    1 Samuel 12:14

    • תַמְר֖וּtamruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will rebel against
  • But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

    1 Samuel 12:15

    • וּמְרִיתֶ֖םumeritemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will rebel against
  • And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

    1 Samuel 30:6

    • מָ֙רָה֙marahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was bitter

1 Kings

two uses
  • and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

    1 Kings 13:21

    • מָרִ֙יתָ֙maritaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been disobedient to
  • When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”

    1 Kings 13:26

    • מָרָ֖הmarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was disobedient to

2 Kings

one use
  • For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

    2 Kings 14:26

    • מֹרֶ֣הmorehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: rebellious

Nehemiah

one use
  • But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

    Nehemiah 9:26

    • וַיַּמְר֨וּvaiyamruHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they were disobedient

Job

one use
  • Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

    Job 17:2

    • וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םuvehamerotamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and on rebelling they

Psalms

ten uses
  • Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

    Psalms 5:10

    • מָ֥רוּmaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have rebelled
  • Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

    Psalms 78:8

    • וּמֹ֫רֶ֥הumorehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and rebellious
  • But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

    Psalms 78:17

    • לַֽמְר֥וֹתlamrotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by rebelling against
  • How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

    Psalms 78:40

    • יַמְר֣וּהוּyamruhuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they rebelled against him
  • But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

    Psalms 78:56

    • וַ֭יַּמְרוּvaiyamruHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rebelled against
  • He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.

    Psalms 105:28

    • מָ֝ר֗וּmaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they rebelled against
  • Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

    Psalms 106:7

    • וַיַּמְר֖וּvaiyamruHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rebelled
  • For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

    Psalms 106:33

    • הִמְר֥וּhimruverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they rebelled toward
  • Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

    Psalms 106:43

    • יַמְר֣וּyamruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they rebelled
  • because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

    Psalms 107:11

    • הִמְר֥וּhimruverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had rebelled against

Isaiah

four uses
  • But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

    Isaiah 1:20

    • וּמְרִיתֶ֑םumeritemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will rebel
  • For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

    Isaiah 3:8

    • לַמְר֖וֹתlamrotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to rebel toward
  • The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

    Isaiah 50:5

    • מָרִ֑יתִיmaritiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been rebellious
  • But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

    Isaiah 63:10

    • מָר֥וּmaruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they rebelled

Jeremiah

two uses
  • They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 4:17

    • מָרָ֖תָהmaratahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been rebellious against
  • But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.

    Jeremiah 5:23

    • וּמוֹרֶ֑הumorehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and rebellious

Lamentations

four uses
  • The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.

    Lamentations 1:18

    • מָרִ֑יתִיmaritiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been rebellious
  • See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.

    Lamentations 1:20

    • מָר֖וֹmaroverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: extremely be rebellious
    • מָרִ֑יתִיmaritiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been rebellious
  • “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

    Lamentations 3:42

    • וּמָרִ֔ינוּumarinuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and we have rebelled

Ezekiel

four uses
  • But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’

    Ezekiel 5:6

    • וַתֶּ֨מֶרvatemerHc/Vhw3fstagged: and it has rebelled against
  • But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.

    Ezekiel 20:8

    • וַיַּמְרוּ־vaiyamru-Hc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rebelled
  • Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.

    Ezekiel 20:13

    • וַיַּמְרוּ־vaiyamru-Hc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rebelled
  • But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.

    Ezekiel 20:21

    • וַיַּמְרוּ־vaiyamru-Hc/Vhw3mptagged: and they rebelled

Hosea

one use
  • Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

    Hosea 13:16

    • מָרְתָ֖הmaretahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has rebelled

The letters

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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