H3992 מָאַר

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

מָאַר

mâʼar · maw-ar'

Definition

to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful

KJV Renderings

fretting, picking.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (4)

Leviticus 13:51And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
Leviticus 13:52He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus 14:44Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
Ezekiel 28:24¶ And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.