To malign
מָאַרStrong’s H3992maar (ma-ar)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maar is the Hebrew word usually translated “malignant” and “pricks”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.”
Meaning
- (Hiphil) to pain, prick, irritate, be in pain
How it's translated
- malignant 3
- pricks 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 3
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 13:52He 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 a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
- Leviticus 14:44Then 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 unclean.
- Ezekiel 28:24And 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 despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Hebrew dictionary
מָאַר maar · to malign
(Hiphil) to pain, prick, irritate, be in pain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “malign” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MALIGN, adjective
mali'ne. [Latin malignus, from malus, evil. See Malady.]
- Having a very evil disposition towards others; harboring violent hatred or enmity; malicious; as malign spirits.
- Unfavorable; pernicious; tending to injure; as a malign aspect of planets.
- Malignant; pernicious; as a malign ulcer.
All definitions and other forms of “malign”
MALIGN, verb transitive
To regard with envy or malice; to treat with extreme enmity; to injure maliciously.
- To traduce; to defame.
MALIGN, verb intransitive
To entertain malice.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.