Merari
מְרָרִיStrong’s H4848merari (me-ra-ri)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Merari is the Hebrew word usually translated “merarite” and “merari”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Merari who was 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
- merarite 2
- to merari 1
- the merarite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 3
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 3:35And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
- Numbers 26:57And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Hebrew dictionary
מְרָרִי merari · Merari
Someone descended from Merari who was 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) Another name of me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4847) § Merarites, of Marari "bitter" descendants of Merari, the son of Levi, and members 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.