- Original: מרה
- Transliteration: Marah
- Phonetic: maw-raw'
- Definition: 
1. to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against 
a. (Qal) to be disobedient, be rebellious 
1. towards father 
2. towards God 
b. (Hiphil) to show rebelliousness, show disobedience, disobey 
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 1242
- Part(s) of speech: Verb 
- Strong's: A primitive root; to be (causatively make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively to provoke): - bitter change be disobedient disobey grievously provocation provoke (-ing) (be) rebel (against -lious). 
Total KJV Occurrences: 45 
 • against, 9
 
Numbers 20:24; 
Numbers 27:14; 
Deuteronomy 1:26; 
Deuteronomy 1:43; 
Deuteronomy 9:23; 
Joshua 1:18; 
1 Samuel 12:14; 
1 Samuel 12:15; 
Psalm 107:11 
 
 • bitter, 1
 
2 Kings 14:26 
 
 • changed, 1
 
Ezekiel 5:6 
 
 • disobedient, 2
 
1 Kings 13:26; 
Nehemiah 9:26 
 
 • disobeyed, 1
 
1 Kings 13:21 
 
 • filthy, 1
 
Zephaniah 3:1 
 
 • provocation, 1
 
Job 17:2 
 
 • provoke, 2
 
Psalm 78:40; 
Isaiah 3:8 
 
 • provoked, 4
 
Psalm 78:56; 
Psalm 106:7; 
Psalm 106:33; 
Psalm 106:43 
 
 • provoking, 1
 
Psalm 78:17 
 
 • rebel, 1
 
Isaiah 1:20 
 
 • rebelled, 11
 
Psalm 5:10; 
Psalm 105:28; 
Isaiah 63:10; 
Lamentations 1:18; 
Lamentations 1:20(2); 
Lamentations 3:42; 
Ezekiel 20:8; 
Ezekiel 20:13; 
Ezekiel 20:21; 
Hosea 13:16 
 
 • rebellious, 9
 
Deuteronomy 9:7; 
Deuteronomy 9:24; 
Deuteronomy 21:18; 
Deuteronomy 21:20; 
Deuteronomy 31:27; 
Psalm 78:8; 
Isaiah 50:5; 
Jeremiah 4:17; 
Jeremiah 5:23 
 
 • rebels, 1
 
Numbers 20:10