# מָרַר (marar)

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

Strong’s H4843. 13 Old Testament occurrences.

to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)

King James renderings: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/marar-h4843

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 49:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/23) — The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
- [Exodus 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/14) — And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service,…
- [Exodus 23:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/21) — Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
- [Ruth 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/13) — Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for y…
- [Ruth 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/20) — And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
- [2 Kings 4:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/27) — And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God sa…
- [Job 27:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/2) — As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
- [Isaiah 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/4) — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
- [Isaiah 24:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/24/9) — They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
- [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…
- [Daniel 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/8/7) — And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was…
- [Daniel 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/11) — And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shal…
- [Zechariah 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/12/10) — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall lo…