To rebel
מָרָהStrong’s H4784marah (ma-rah)
Appears in 44 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Marah is the Hebrew word usually translated “rebellious”, “rebelled” and “have been rebellious”. It appears in 44 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?”
Meaning
- To be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against(Qal) to be disobedient, be rebellious · (Hiphil) to show rebelliousness, show disobedience, disobey
How it's translated
- and rebellious 4
- and they rebelled 4
- i have been rebellious 3
- you rebelled against 2
- and you rebelled against 2
- rebelling 2
- rebellious 2
- they rebelled 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 10
- Deuteronomy 8
- Isaiah 4
- Ezekiel 4
- Numbers 3
- 1 Samuel 3
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 20:24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
- Numbers 27:14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- Deuteronomy 1:26Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
- Deuteronomy 1:43So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
- Deuteronomy 9:7Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 9:23Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
All 44 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מָרָה marah · to rebel
1) to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against 1a) (Qal) to be disobedient, be rebellious 1a1) towards father 1a2) towards God 1b) (Hiphil) to show rebelliousness, show disobedience, disobey
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.