Meror מָרֹר
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| מָרֹר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meror |
| Strong's number | H4844 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | bitterness |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (1) |
Meror (Hebrew מָרֹר, Strong's H4844) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bitterness”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
bitter thing, bitter herb, bitterness
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | bitter (2), bitterness (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bitter herbs (2), bitterness (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meror, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 12:8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Numbers
- Numbers 9:11The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
Lamentations
- Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
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).