מָרָא
mara · rouse oneself, flap, rebel
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4754 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mara (מָרָא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rouse oneself, flap, rebel”.
To lash or beat the wings, to rise up; elsewhere, to rebel.
How to say it
ma·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To beat the wings and rise to run, like the ostrich.
- To rise up against God and refuse to obey him.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- rebellious ×1
- she soars ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 39:18
When she soars on high, she laughs at the horse and at its rider.
- Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to the rebellious and defiled one, the oppressing city!