Strong H4785מָרָה
Marah
- Transliteration
- mârâh
- Pronunciation
- maw-raw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Meaning of the name
Marah = "bitter"
Detailed definition
Marah, a place where the Israelites found bitter water that Moses made drinkable by casting a tree into it (Exodus 15:23-25; Numbers 33:8-9).
In the biblical story
Marah
A place with bitter water on the Exodus route
Marah, a place where the Israelites found bitter water that Moses made drinkable by casting a tree into it (Exodus 15:23-25; Numbers 33:8-9).
In the Bible
Strong H4785 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- marah3
First verses
- Exodus 15:23And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
- Numbers 33:8And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
- Numbers 33:9And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.