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To rub

מָרַחStrong’s H4799

marach (ma-rach)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Marach is the Hebrew word usually translated “let them rub”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.”
Isaiah 38:21 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to rub
How it's translated
  • and let them rub 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מָרַח marach · to rub

    (Qal) to rub

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    RUB, verb transitive

    [Latin probrum, exprobro; Gr. to rub We have the elements of the word in scrape, scrub, Latin scribo, Gr.]

    1. To move something along the surface of a body with pressure; as, to rub the face or arms with the hand; to rub the body with flannel.
    2. To wipe; to clean; to scour; but rub is a generic term, applicable to friction for every purpose.
    3. To touch so as to leave behind something which touches; to spread over; as to rub any thing with oil.
    4. To polish; to retouch; with over.
    All definitions and other forms of “rub”
    1. To obstruct by collision. [Unusual.]
    2. To rub out, to erase; to obliterate; as, to rub out marks or letters.
    3. To remove or separate by friction; as, to rub out a stain.
    4. To rub up, to burnish; to polish; to clean.
    5. To excite; to awaken; to rouse to action; as, to rub up the memory.

    RUB, verb intransitive

    1. To move along the surface of a body with pressure; as, a wheel rubs against the gate-post.
    2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
    3. To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.

    RUB, noun

    1. The act of rubbing; friction.
    2. That which renders motion or progress difficult; collision; hinderance; obstruction.
    3. Inequality of ground that hinders the motion of a bowl.
    4. Difficulty; cause of uneasiness; pinch.
    5. Sarcasm; joke; something grating to the feelings.

    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.