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מָרַק

marak · scour, polish

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4838 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

marak (מָרַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scour, polish”.

Rinse.

How to say it

ma·rak

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. To rub metal until it is clean and bright, to polish it.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • Polish ×1
  • it shall be scoured ×1
  • polished ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 6:28

    And the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:16

    and the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of YHWH, of polished bronze.

  • Jeremiah 46:4

    Harness the horses, and mount, horsemen! Take your stand in helmets! Polish the spears! Put on the armor!