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Strong's H4751 מַר (mar)

Mar means “chafed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4751 — stomachos (“stomach”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4751
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 35
Books 17

Strong's H4751 Quick Answer

Strong's H4751 מַר מָרָה (mar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mar (mar) (or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}) adj. 1. (literally or figuratively) bitter 2. (as noun) bitterness It has 35 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include bitter, bitterness, bitterly, marah, and angry. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mar (mar) (or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}) adj. 1. (literally or figuratively) bitter 2. (as noun) bitterness
Usage
35 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
bitter, bitterness, bitterly, marah, and angry

Meaning and Definition

mar (mar) (or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}) adj. 1. (literally or figuratively) bitter 2. (as noun) bitterness 3. (adverbially) bitterly [from H4843] KJV: + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy. Root(s): H4843

Original Word
מַר מָרָה
Transliteration
mar
Derivation
Root: מרר First root strongs: 4843
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4751. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

bitter

Usage: 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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How Strong's H4751 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

bitter Genesis 27:34 18× bitterness 1 Samuel 1:10 bitterly Isaiah 33:7 Marah Exodus 15:23 angry Judges 18:25

How Strong's H4751 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 35 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4751 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4751 in the Old Testament

35 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 27:34 KJV

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Exodus 15:23 KJV

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Numbers 5:18 KJV

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Usage Excerpts

First 35 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4751.

Genesis 27:34 Old Testament, KJV
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
Exodus 15:23 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Numbers 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 5:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
Numbers 5:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
Numbers 5:27 Old Testament, KJV
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Judges 18:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
1 Samuel 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
1 Samuel 15:32 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Samuel 22:2 Old Testament, KJV
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
2 Samuel 2:26 Old Testament, KJV
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
2 Samuel 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Esther 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
Job 3:20 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 7:11 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 21:25 Old Testament, KJV
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Psalms 64:3 Old Testament, KJV
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Proverbs 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 27:7 Old Testament, KJV
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 31:6 Old Testament, KJV
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Isaiah 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 33:7 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
Isaiah 38:15 Old Testament, KJV
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Isaiah 38:17 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Jeremiah 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Jeremiah 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Ezekiel 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel 27:30 Old Testament, KJV
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
Ezekiel 27:31 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Amos 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Habakkuk 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.
Zephaniah 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4751, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4751 FAQ

What does mar (מַר) mean?

Mar (Strong's H4751) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "chafed". mar (mar) (or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}) adj. 1. (literally or figuratively) bitter 2. (as noun) bitterness

How many times is mar (מַר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 35 linked usages for Strong's H4751 across 17 books.

Where can I study mar (מַר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4751 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mar (מַר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bitter, bitterness, bitterly, marah, and angry. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.