Lord
מָרֵאStrong’s H4756mare (ma-re)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mare is the Aramaic word usually translated “lord of”, “o lord my” and “lord my”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.”
Meaning
- Lordof king · of God
How it's translated
- and lord of 1
- o lord my 1
- lord my 1
- lord of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 4
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:19In contextThen Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
- Daniel 4:24In contextThis is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
- Daniel 5:23In contextBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Aramaic dictionary
מָרֵא mare · lord
1) lord 1a) of king 1b) of God
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lord” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LORD, noun
- A master; a person possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler; a governor.
- A tyrant; an oppressive ruler.
- A husband.“My lord also being old” Genesis 18:12
- A baron; the proprietor of a manor; as the lord of the manor.
All definitions and other forms of “lord”
- A nobleman; a title of honor in Great Britain given to those who are noble by birth or creation; a peer of the realm, including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons.
- An honorary title bestowed on certain official characters; as lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
- In scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. Psalms 110:1Colossians 3:162 Thessalonians 3:1Genesis 40:12 Samuel 19:7Daniel 4:19Genesis 18:11 Kings 18:12 Kings 2:11 Corinthians 2:8Revelation 19:1
LORD, verb transitive
To invest with the dignity and privileges of a lord
LORD, verb intransitive
To domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; sometimes followed by over, and sometimes by it, in the manner of a transitive verb.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.