Mara' - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4755 — strategos (“captain”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4755 מָרָא (Mara') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Mara' (maw-raw') n/p. 1. bitter 2. Mara, a symbolic name of Naomi It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include mara. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Mara' (maw-raw') n/p. 1. bitter 2. Mara, a symbolic name of Naomi [for H4751 feminine] KJV: Mara. Root(s): H4751
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4755. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Mara
Usage: A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458); mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20; Another name of no.o.mi (נׇעֳמִי "Naomi" H5281) § Mara = "bitterness" a name that Naomi called herself due to her calamities
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Mara', 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.
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.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H4755.
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4755, grouped by book.
Mara (Strong's H4755) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Mara". Mara' (maw-raw') n/p. 1. bitter 2. Mara, a symbolic name of Naomi
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H4755 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4755 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as mara. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.