# מַר (mar)

Israeli respelling: mar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4751. 36 Old Testament occurrences.

bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly

King James renderings: [phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mar-h4751

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 27:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/34) — And 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 al…
- [Exodus 15:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/23) — And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
- [Numbers 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/18) — And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is t…
- [Numbers 5:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/19) — And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncle…
- [Numbers 5:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/23) — And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
- [Numbers 5:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/24) — And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, a…
- [Numbers 5:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/27) — And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husba…
- [Judges 18:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/18/25) — And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with…
- [1 Samuel 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/10) — And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
- [1 Samuel 15:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/32) — Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitte…
- [1 Samuel 22:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/2) — And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and…
- [2 Samuel 2:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/26) — Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how lo…
- [2 Samuel 17:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/8) — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her…
- [Esther 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/4/1) — When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the c…
- [Job 3:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/20) — Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
- [Job 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/7/11) — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- [Job 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/1) — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- [Job 21:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/21/25) — And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
- [Psalms 64:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/64/3) — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
- [Proverbs 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/4) — But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
- [Proverbs 27:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/7) — The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- [Proverbs 31:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/6) — Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
- [Ecclesiastes 7:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/26) — And 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 h…
- [Isaiah 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/20) — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet…
- [Isaiah 33:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/7) — Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
- [Isaiah 38:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/15) — What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
- [Isaiah 38:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/38/17) — Behold, 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…
- [Jeremiah 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/19) — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitte…
- [Jeremiah 4:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/18) — Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine h…
- [Lamentations 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/4) — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted,…
- [Ezekiel 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/14) — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon…
- [Ezekiel 27:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/30) — And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow th…
- [Ezekiel 27:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/31) — And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart a…
- [Amos 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/8/10) — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness…
- [Habakkuk 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/1/6) — For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling…
- [Zephaniah 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/1/14) — The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there b…