H4751 מַר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 38 KJV occurrences
מַר
mar
Definition
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
KJV Renderings
[phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.
Derivation / Etymology
or (feminine) מָרָה; from H4843 (מָרַר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 38)
- Genesis 27:34And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
- Numbers 5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
- 1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
- Esther 4:1When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
- Psalms 64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Ezekiel 27:31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.