H4784 מָרָה

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 44 KJV occurrences

מָרָה

mârâh · maw-raw'

Definition

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

KJV Renderings

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

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 44)

Numbers 20:10And 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?
Deuteronomy 9:7¶ 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.
Joshua 1:18Whosoever 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.
2 Kings 14:26For 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.
Psalms 78:40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Psalms 106:43Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Jeremiah 4:17As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
Lamentations 3:42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.