תַּמְרוּר

tamrur · bitterness

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8563 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

tamrur (תַּמְרוּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bitterness”.

In the plural, very great bitterness.

How to say it

tam·rur

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

  1. Very great, harsh grief.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • bitter ×2
  • bitterly ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Jeremiah 6:26

    Daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

  • Jeremiah 31:15

    Thus says YHWH: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, bitter weeping: Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

  • Hosea 12:14

    Ephraim has provoked him to anger bitterly; and his blood he will leave on him, and his reproach his Lord will pay back to him.