# מָאַר (maar)

Israeli respelling: ma-ar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3992. 4 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: fretting, picking.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/maar-h3992

## Occurrences

- [Leviticus 13:51](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/13/51) — And 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 ski…
- [Leviticus 13:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/13/52) — He 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…
- [Leviticus 14:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/14/44) — Then 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 unclea…
- [Ezekiel 28:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 despise…