Mara
מָרָאStrong’s H5281mara (ma-ra)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mara is the Hebrew word usually translated “naomi”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.”
Meaning
- A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458)
How it's translated
- naomi 19
- and to naomi 1
- to naomi 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 20
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ruth 1:3And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
- Ruth 1:8And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
- Ruth 1:11And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
- Ruth 1:19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
- Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
- Ruth 1:21I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Hebrew dictionary
מָרָא mara · Mara
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458); mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20; Another name of no.o.mi (נׇעֳמִי "Naomi" H5281) § Mara = "bitterness" a name that Naomi called herself due to her calamities
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.