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H4784 מָרָה (mârâh) maw-raw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

KJV Usage: bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָרָה (ma.rah) — to rebel. 1) to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against 1a) (Qal) to be disobedient, be rebellious 1a1) towards father 1a2) towards God 1b) (Hiphil) to show rebelliousness, show disobedience, disobey

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · מְרִי · מרא

Unwilling | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ חטא · מאן · מרד · נאץ · סרר · פשׁע | ≠ אבה · שׁמע

to rebel, to disobey = action by which humans reject the authority of a ruler or deity to which they had formerly been subjected

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verb · מָרָה

Intense

bitter literally: bitter; = state in which condition or action is motivated or accompanied by deep distress

2KI 14:26

Sarah Lind

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָרָה vb. be contentious, refractory, rebellious Qal be disobedient, rebellious

Hiph. shew disobedience, rebelliousness

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