H4788 מָרוּד (mârûwd) maw-rood'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wandering

Strong's Definition

an outcast; (abstractly) destitution

Derivation: from H7300 (רוּד) in the sense of maltreatment;

KJV Usage: cast out, misery.

TWOT Reference: 2129a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) restlessness, straying, wanderer, refugee

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1375

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָרוֹד (ma.rud) — wandering. restlessness, straying, wanderer, refugee

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מָרוּד (H4788)

noun m · רוד

Unsafe

restlessness, affliction literally: restlessness; hence: = state in which humans are experiencing hard times in which it is hard to feel at rest

ISA 58:7 · LAM 1:7 · LAM 3:19

¹ ISA 58:7 NJPS "wretched" | RSV NRSV NJB REB GNT CEV ESV "homeless" NIV "wanderer"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מָרוֹד] n.[m.] restlessness, straying (?) base

Bible Occurrences (3)

58:7

1:7 3:19

Isaiah 58:7

Isn’t [it] to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Lamentations 1:7

In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help -. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.