Bitterness
מָרֹרStrong’s H4844meror (me-ror)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meror is the Hebrew word usually translated “bitter herbs” and “bitter things”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.”
Meaning
- Bitter thing, bitter herb, bitterness
How it's translated
- bitter herbs 1
- and bitter herbs 1
- with bitter things 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
- Lamentations 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מָרֹר meror · bitterness
bitter thing, bitter herb, bitterness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bitterness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BIT'TERNESS, noun
[from bitter.]
A bitter taste; or rather a quality in things which excites a biting disagreeable sensation in the tongue.
- In a figurative sense, extreme enmity, grudge, hatred; or rather an excessive degree or implacableness of passions and emotions; as the bitterness of anger. Ephesians 4:31
- Sharpness; severity of temper.
- Keenness of reproach; piquancy; biting sarcasm.
- Keen sorrow; painful affliction; vexation; deep distress of mind.
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.