Mâʼar — H3992

Definition

verb

to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful

1. (Hiphil) to pain, prick, irritate, be in pain

Usually translated as

fretting, picking

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• pikría (G4088)

Occurrences

Mâʼar occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (3), Ezekiel (1)

• Leviticus 13:51 — And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting (מַמְאֶ֛רֶת) leprosy; it is unclean.
• Leviticus 13:52 — He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting (מַמְאֶ֙רֶת֙) leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
• Leviticus 14:44 — Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting (מַמְאֶ֥רֶת) leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
• Ezekiel 28:24 — And there shall be no more a pricking (מַמְאִיר֙) brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.