Merorah מְרֹרָה
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| מְרֹרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | merorah |
| Strong's number | H4846 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | gall |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (3) |
Merorah (Hebrew מְרֹרָה, Strong's H4846) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “gall”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) bitter thing, gall, poison
1a) gall, gall-bladder (seat of gall)
1b) poison, venom
1c) bitter thing
1d) bitterness
1a) gall, gall-bladder (seat of gall)
1b) poison, venom
1c) bitter thing
1d) bitterness
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | gall (2), bitter (1), things (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bitter (1), bitter accusations (1), into the venom (1), his liver (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Merorah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
Job
- Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
- Job 20:14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
- Job 20:25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
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).