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מָרָה H4784

H4784 is the Hebrew word מָרָה, transliterated mârâh and said maw-raw'. The King James Version most often renders it rebelled.

Word: מָרָהTransliteration: mârâhSaid: maw-raw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 41 verses

What it means

to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 35 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

rebelled 12×rebellious 8×rebel 4×provoked 3×now ye rebels 1×because ye rebelled against 1×you then ye rebelled 1×hast disobeyed 1×disobedient 1×bitter 1×nevertheless they were disobedient 1×against him by provoking 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).

Verses using מָרָה

The first 40 of 41 verses, quoted in full.

Numbers 20:10 · KJV

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

Numbers 20:24 · KJV

Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

Numbers 27:14 · KJV

For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

Deuteronomy 1:26 · KJV

Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

Deuteronomy 1:43 · KJV

So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

Deuteronomy 9:7 · KJV

Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

Deuteronomy 9:23 · KJV

Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

Deuteronomy 9:24 · KJV

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

Deuteronomy 21:18 · KJV

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Deuteronomy 21:20 · KJV

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Deuteronomy 31:27 · KJV

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Joshua 1:18 · KJV

Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

1 Samuel 12:14 · KJV

If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:

1 Samuel 12:15 · KJV

But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.

1 Kings 13:21 · KJV

And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

1 Kings 13:26 · KJV

And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

2 Kings 14:26 · KJV

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

Nehemiah 9:26 · KJV

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Psalm 78:8 · KJV

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Psalm 78:17 · KJV

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Psalm 78:40 · KJV

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

Psalm 78:56 · KJV

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalm 105:28 · KJV

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Psalm 106:7 · KJV

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

Psalm 106:33 · KJV

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

Psalm 106:43 · KJV

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

Psalm 107:11 · KJV

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Isaiah 1:20 · KJV

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 3:8 · KJV

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Isaiah 50:5 · KJV

The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

Isaiah 63:10 · KJV

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

Jeremiah 4:17 · KJV

As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:23 · KJV

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

Lamentations 1:18 · KJV

The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Lamentations 1:20 · KJV

Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

Lamentations 3:42 · KJV

We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

Ezekiel 5:6 · KJV

And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

Ezekiel 20:8 · KJV

But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:13 · KJV

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Ezekiel 20:21 · KJV

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4784 mean?

H4784 is the Hebrew word מָרָה (mârâh), meaning to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke).

How is H4784 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it rebelled (12 times), rebellious (8 times), rebel (4 times), provoked (3 times), now ye rebels (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4784 appear in the Bible?

מָרָה (mârâh) is tagged in 41 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4784 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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