Aramaic

Rebellious

מָרָדStrong’s H4779

marad (ma-rad)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Marad is the Aramaic word usually translated “rebellious”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.”

Ezra 4:12 KJV

Meaning

Rebellious

How it's translated

rebellious 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Ezra 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Ezra 4:15That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

Aramaic dictionary

מָרָד marad · rebellious

rebellious

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “rebellious” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REBEL'LIOUS, adjective

Engaged in rebellion; renouncing the authority and dominion of the government to which allegiance is due; traitorously resisting government or 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.