מָרָהmârâh

be contentious, refractory, rebellious

Pronunciation: maw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4784

Meanings

Qal: be disobedient, rebellious (1 Kings 13:26; Hosea 14:1; Jeremiah 4:17)

1. (towards father) (Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 21:20)

2. elsewhere towards God (Psalms 78:8; Jeremiah 5:23; Zephaniah 3:1)

Hiph`il: shew disobedience, rebelliousness, always toward God (Psalms 106:33; Psalms 107:11; Joshua 1:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 45 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 20:10 Then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock. “Listen, you rebels!” he shouted. “Must we bring you water from this rock?”
  • Numbers 20:24 “The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.
  • Numbers 27:14 for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
  • Deuteronomy 1:26 “But you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God and refused to go in.
  • Deuteronomy 1:43 “This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the Lord’s command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.
  • Deuteronomy 9:7 “Remember and never forget how angry you made the Lord your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).