מָרַקmâraq

scour, polish

Pronunciation: maw-rak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4838

Meanings

Qal: polished (Jeremiah 46:4; 2 Chronicles 4:16; 1 Kings 7:45)

Hiph`il: cleanse, a cleaning (Proverbs 20:30)

Pu`al: be well scoured (Leviticus 6:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 6:28 If a clay pot is used to boil the sacrificial meat, it must then be broken. If a bronze pot is used, it must be scoured and thoroughly rinsed with water.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:16 the ash buckets, the shovels, the meat hooks, and all the related articles. Huram-abi made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the Lord, just as King Solomon had directed.
  • Jeremiah 46:4 Harness the horses, and mount the stallions. Take your positions. Put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and prepare your armor.

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).