To rebel
מָרַדStrong’s H4775marad (ma-rad)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Marad is the Hebrew word usually translated “rebelled”, “rebel” and “have rebelled”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:”
Meaning
- To rebel, revolt, be rebellious(Qal) to rebel, revolt
How it's translated
- and he rebelled 6
- you rebel 2
- to rebel 2
- you have rebelled 2
- they rebelled 1
- by rebelling your 1
- you are rebelling 1
- may you rebel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 4
- 2 Kings 4
- Nehemiah 3
- Ezekiel 3
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Daniel 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:9In contextTo the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
- Genesis 14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
- Numbers 14:9Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
- Joshua 22:16Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
- Joshua 22:18But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
- Joshua 22:19Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD’s tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
Hebrew dictionary
מָרַד marad · to rebel
1) to rebel, revolt, be rebellious 1a) (Qal) to rebel, revolt 1a1) against human king 1a2) against God 1a3) against light (poetic)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rebel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REB'EL, noun
[Latin rebellis, making war again.]
- One who revolts from the government to which he owes allegiance, either by openly renouncing the authority of that government, or by taking arms and openly opposing it. Numbers 17:10
- One who willfully violates a law.
- One who disobeys the king's proclamation; a contemner of the king's laws.
- A villain who disobeys his lord.
All definitions and other forms of “rebel”
REB'EL, adjective
Rebellious; acting in revolt.
REBEL', verb intransitive
[Latin rebello, to make war again; re and bello.]
- To revolt; to renounce the authority of the laws and government to which one owes allegiance.“Ye have built you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord” Joshua 22:16
- To rise in violent opposition against lawful authority.
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.