Strong H4847מְרָרִי

Merari

Transliteration
merârîy
Pronunciation
mer-aw-ree'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H4843; bitter;
{Merari} an Israelite: - Merari. See also H4848 .

Meaning of the name

Merari = "bitter"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11;
son of: Levi (H3878);
brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115);
father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269)
Also named: me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4848)

In the biblical story

Merari

The third son of Levi and founder of the Merarites.

Merari, the third son of Levi, was the founder of the Merarite clan of Levites (Gen.46.11; Exo.6.16,19).

In the Bible

Strong H4847 appears in 38 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • merari38

First verses

  1. Genesis 46:11
    And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  2. Exodus 6:16
    And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
  3. Exodus 6:19
    And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
  4. Numbers 3:17
    And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
  5. Numbers 3:20
    And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
  6. Numbers 3:33
    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
  7. Numbers 3:35
    And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
  8. Numbers 3:36
    And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
  9. Numbers 4:29
    As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
  10. Numbers 4:33
    This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
  11. Numbers 4:42
    And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
  12. Numbers 4:45
    These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
  13. Numbers 7:8
    And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
  14. Numbers 10:17
    And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
  15. Numbers 26:57
    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
  16. Joshua 21:7
    The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
  17. Joshua 21:34
    And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
  18. Joshua 21:40
    So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
  19. 1 Chronicles 6:1
    The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  20. 1 Chronicles 6:16
    The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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