TBESH · H4751
מַר · mar · bitter
adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly
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mar H4751
מַר (mar) means “bitter” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מַר Hebrew · H4751 37 tagged occurrences in 34 verses
Pronunciation guide: mar Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or (feminine) מָרָה; from H4843 (מָרַר); bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
KJV glosses: [phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.
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How translators render H4751
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in the bitterness | 3 |
| the bitter | 3 |
| and bitter | 2 |
| bitter | 2 |
| bitterly | 2 |
| in bitterness | 2 |
| to the bitter | 2 |
| and as fierce | 1 |
| and bitter it is | 1 |
| and bitterly | 1 |
| and cause bitter suffering | 1 |
| and may cause her bitter | 1 |
| angry | 1 |
| bitter thing | 1 |
| how bitter it is | 1 |
| i had such great | 1 |
| in her bitter distress | 1 |
| is bitter with anguish | 1 |
| like a bitter | 1 |
| more bitter | 1 |
| or discontented | 1 |
| she is bitter | 1 |
| that ruthless | 1 |
| the anguish | 1 |
| the bitterness | 1 |
| their bitter | 1 |
| was bitter | 1 |
| will be bitter | 1 |
| with anguish | 1 |
| with bitter | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| bitter | 8 |
| in the bitterness | 4 |
| bitterly | 2 |
| in bitterness | 2 |
| the bitter | 2 |
| among us lest angry | 1 |
| and a bitter | 1 |
| and bitter | 1 |
| because it is bitter | 1 |
| chafed | 1 |
| discontented | 1 |
| every bitter thing | 1 |
| for bitter | 1 |
| for thee with bitterness | 1 |
| from this bitter | 1 |
| i had great bitterness | 1 |
| is bitter | 1 |
| more bitter | 1 |
| out with the bitter | 1 |
| the bitterness | 1 |
| there bitterly | 1 |
| thereof as a bitter | 1 |
| thou not that it will be bitterness | 1 |
| unto the bitter | 1 |
| unto those that be of heavy | 1 |
Verses containing H4751
Page 1 of 1. 34 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 27:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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!”
Read word by word - Exodus 15:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
Read word by word - Numbers 5:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 5:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 5:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
Read word by word - Numbers 5:24
· BSB · 2 occurrences
He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.
Read word by word - Numbers 5:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Judges 18:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 1:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 15:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 22:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 2:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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?”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 17:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Esther 4:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Job 3:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Read word by word - Job 7:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Job 10:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Read word by word - Job 21:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
Read word by word - Psalms 64:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 64.4
- Proverbs 5:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Read word by word - Proverbs 27:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
Read word by word - Proverbs 31:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 7:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Isaiah 5:20
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Isaiah 33:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
Read word by word - Isaiah 38:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Isaiah 38:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 2:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 3:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 27:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 27:31
· BSB · 2 occurrences
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
Read word by word - Amos 8:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Habakkuk 1:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Zephaniah 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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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