Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
bitterness
Usage: bitterness
Meriruth means “bitterness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4814 — syllaleo (“speak among”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4814 מְרִירוּת (mriyruwth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mriyruwth (mer-ee-rooth') n-f. 1. bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) grief [from H4843] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include bitterness. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
mriyruwth (mer-ee-rooth') n-f. 1. bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) grief [from H4843] KJV: bitterness. Root(s): H4843
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4814. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
bitterness
Usage: bitterness
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mriyruwth, 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.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H4814.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4814, grouped by book.
Meriruth (Strong's H4814) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bitterness". mriyruwth (mer-ee-rooth') n-f. 1. bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) grief [from H4843]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H4814 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4814 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bitterness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.