Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H4847
מְרָרִי
Merarimer-aw-ree'
Merari
36 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Mᵉrârîy
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4847is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4847
Merari, an Israelite
The King James renders it: Merari. See also H4848 (מְרָרִי).
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
Merari is rendered "Merari". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 46:11וּמְרָרִֽי׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seventeen of the word's thirty-six uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Merari29
- and Merari6
- of Merari1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| מְרָרִי | Merari | Merari | Uses4 |
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 36, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- מְרָרִ֑י7
- מְרָרִ֖י5
- וּמְרָרִֽי׃4
- מְרָרִ֔י4
- מְרָרִי֙4
- מְרָרִ֛י2
- מְרָרִ֜י2
- מְרָרִי֮2
- מְרָרִֽי׃2
- וּמְרָרִ֑י1
- וּמְרָרִֽי׃ ס1
- לִמְרָרִ֕י1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)29HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)6HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npm
Genesis
one use
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- וּמְרָרִֽי׃umerariconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Merari
Exodus
two uses
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- וּמְרָרִ֑יumerariconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Merari
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
- מְרָרִ֖יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
Numbers
ten uses
These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- וּמְרָרִֽי׃umerariconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Merari
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
- מְרָרִ֛יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,
- מְרָרִי֒merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,
- מְרָרִ֑יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
- מְרָרִ֔יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families,
- מְרָרִ֑יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.
- מְרָרִ֑יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
- מְרָרִ֑יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
- מְרָרִ֔יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
- לִמְרָרִ֕יlimraripreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Merari
Joshua
three uses
And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
- מְרָרִ֜יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given:
- מְרָרִי֮merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
- מְרָרִי֙merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
1 Chronicles
seventeen uses
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- וּמְרָרִֽי׃umerariconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Merari
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- וּמְרָרִֽי׃umerariconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Merari
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
- מְרָרִ֖יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
The descendants of Merari:
- מְרָרִ֖יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:
- מְרָרִ֛יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- מְרָרִ֖יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
- מְרָרִ֜יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
- מְרָרִי֮merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
- מְרָרִֽי׃merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;
- מְרָרִ֑יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
- מְרָרִי֙merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- וּמְרָרִֽי׃ סumerariconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Merari
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
- מְרָרִי֙merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
- מְרָרִי֙merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
The descendants of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
- מְרָרִ֑יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
- מְרָרִ֖יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
- מְרָרִֽי׃merariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;
- מְרָרִ֔יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
- מְרָרִ֔יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
Ezra
one use
also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.
- מְרָרִ֑יmerariproper noun (a name)tagged: Merari
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.