מַר

mar

Hebrew H4751 Adjective 39 occurrences in 36 verses
מַר bitter

adj

1. bitter, bitterness

a. of water or food

b. of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.)

c. of pain (subst)

adv

2. bitterly

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 36 verses

  1. Genesis 27:34 וּמָרָ֖ה

    When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!”

  2. Exodus 15:23 מָרִ֖ים

    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

  3. Numbers 5:18 הַמָּרִ֖ים

    After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

  4. Numbers 5:19 הַמָּרִ֥ים

    And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

  5. Numbers 5:23 הַמָּרִֽים׃

    And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

  6. Numbers 5:24 הַמָּרִ֖יםלְמָרִֽים׃

    He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

  7. Numbers 5:27 לְמָרִ֔ים

    When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

  8. Judges 18:25 מָ֣רֵי

    The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”

  9. 1 Samuel 1:10 מָ֣רַת

    In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

  10. Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

  11. 1 Samuel 22:2 מַר־

    And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

  12. 2 Samuel 2:26 מָרָ֥ה

    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

  13. 2 Samuel 17:8 וּמָרֵ֥י

    He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

  14. Esther 4:1 וּמָרָֽה׃

    When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

  15. Job 3:20 לְמָ֣רֵי

    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

  16. Job 7:11 בְּמַ֣ר

    Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  17. Job 10:1 בְּמַ֣ר

    “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  18. Job 21:25 מָרָ֑ה

    Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

  19. Psalms 64:3 מָֽר׃

    who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

  20. Proverbs 5:4 מָרָ֣ה

    in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

  21. Proverbs 27:7 מַ֥ר

    The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

  22. Proverbs 31:6 לְמָ֣רֵי

    Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.

  23. And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

  24. Isaiah 5:20 מַ֛רלְמָֽר׃ס

    Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

  25. Isaiah 33:7 מַ֖ר

    Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

  26. Isaiah 38:15 מַ֥ר

    What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

  27. Isaiah 38:17 מַר־

    Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

  28. Jeremiah 2:19 וָמָ֔ר

    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

  29. Jeremiah 4:18 מָ֔ר

    “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

  30. The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

  31. Ezekiel 3:14 מַר֙

    So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

  32. Ezekiel 27:30 מָרָ֑ה

    They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

  33. Ezekiel 27:31 בְּמַר־מָֽר׃

    They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

  34. Amos 8:10 מָֽר׃

    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

  35. Habakkuk 1:6 הַמַּ֣ר

    For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

  36. The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

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