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מָרַץ

marats · be grievous, sharp

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4834 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

marats (מָרַץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be grievous, sharp”.

Be strong, harsh, wounding; said of words or a curse that hurt (1 Kings 2:8), and of what irritates or provokes.

How to say it

ma·rats

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. Hard and harsh, that hurts; also, what provokes anger.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • grievous ×2
  • hard ×1
  • provokes you ×1

Where it appears

  • 1 Kings 2:8

    And there is with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by YHWH, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

  • Job 6:25

    How hard are sayings of uprightness, but what does reproof from you reprove?

  • Job 16:3

    Will there be an end to words of wind? Or what provokes you that you answer?

  • Micah 2:10

    Arise and go, for this is not the resting place, because of uncleanness that destroys, and with grievous destruction.