Bitter
מַרStrong’s H4751mar
Appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mar is the Hebrew word usually translated “bitter”, “bitter of” and “bitterness of”. It appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 also, O my father.”
Meaning
- Bitter, bitternessof water or food · of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) · of pain (subst)
- Bitterly
How it's translated
- bitter 19
- and bitter 3
- bitter of 3
- to bitter 2
- bitterness of 2
- to bitter of 2
- in bitterness of 2
- and bitter of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 5
- Job 4
- Isaiah 4
- 1 Samuel 3
- Proverbs 3
- Ezekiel 3
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 15:23And 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 5:18And 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 the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
- Numbers 5:19And 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 uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
- Numbers 5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
- Numbers 5:24And 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, and become bitter.
- Numbers 5:27And 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 husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
All 34 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מַר mar · bitter
adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bitter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BIT'TER, adjective
- Sharp, or biting to the taste; acrid; like wormwood.
- Sharp; cruel; severe; as bitter enmity.
- Sharp, as words, reproachful; sarcastic.
- Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart; as a bitter cold day, or a bitter blast.
All definitions and other forms of “bitter”
- Painful to the mind; calamitous; poignant; as a bitter fate.
- Afflicted; distressed.“The Egyptians made their lives bitter” Exodus 1:14
- Hurtful; very sinful.“Is is an evil and bitter thing” Jeremiah 2:19
- Mournful; distressing; expressive of misory; as a bitter complaint or lamentation. Job 23:2Jeremiah 6:26
BIT'TER, noun
A substance that is bitter [See bitter ]
BIT'TER, noun
[See Bitts.]
In marine language, a turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
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.