Strong H3992מָאַר
to malign
- Transliteration
- mâ'ar
- Pronunciation
- maw-ar'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to be bitter or (causatively) to {embitter} that {is} be painful: - {fretting} picking.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: to malign
Exact lexical definition: excite hostility
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: [ מָאַר ] vb . (cf. Ar. Arabic excite hostility , irritate , Arabic break open , of a wound);— Hiph . prick , pain
In the Bible
Strong H3992 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fretting3
- pricking1
First verses
- Leviticus 13:51And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:52He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
- Leviticus 14:44Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
- Ezekiel 28:24And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.