Merari
מְרָרִיStrong’s H4847merari (me-ra-ri)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Merari is the Hebrew word usually translated “merari”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11
How it's translated
- merari 29
- and merari 6
- of merari 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 17
- Numbers 10
- Joshua 3
- Exodus 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Genesis 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
- Exodus 6:19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
- Numbers 3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
- Numbers 3:36And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
- Numbers 4:29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
Hebrew dictionary
מְרָרִי merari · Merari
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269) Also named: me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4848) § Merari = "bitter" the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.