Merutsah מְרוּצָה
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| מְרוּצָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | merutsah |
| Strong's number | H4794 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | running |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (2) |
Merutsah (Hebrew מְרוּצָה, Strong's H4794) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “running”. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) running, course (of life)
1a) running, mode or style of running
1b) course (of life)
1a) running, mode or style of running
1b) course (of life)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | running (2), course (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | be running (1), his own course (1), their course (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Merutsah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 18:27And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 8:6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
- Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).