Occurrences
Mar occurs 38 times in 35 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Numbers (5), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (2), Esther (1), Job (4), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (3), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1)
- Genesis 27:34 — And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter (וּמָרָ֖ה) cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
- Exodus 15:23 — And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter (מָרִ֖ים): therefore the name of it was called Marah.
- Numbers 5:18 — And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter (הַמָּרִ֖ים) water that causeth the curse:
- Numbers 5:19 — And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter (הַמָּרִ֥ים) water that causeth the curse:
- Numbers 5:23 — And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter (הַמָּרִֽים) water:
- Numbers 5:24 — And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter (הַמָּרִ֖ים) water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
- Numbers 5:24 — And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter (לְמָרִֽים).
- Numbers 5:27 — And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter (לְמָרִ֔ים), and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
- Judges 18:25 — And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry (מָ֣רֵי) fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
- 1 Samuel 1:10 — And she was in bitterness (מָ֣רַת) of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
- 1 Samuel 15:32 — Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness (מַר) of death is past.
- 1 Samuel 22:2 — And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented (מַר), gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
- 2 Samuel 2:26 — Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness (מָרָ֥ה) in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
- 2 Samuel 17:8 — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed (וּמָרֵ֥י) in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
- Esther 4:1 — When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter (וּמָרָֽה) cry;
- Job 3:20 — Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter (לְמָ֣רֵי) in soul;
- Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness (בְּמַ֣ר) of my soul.
- Job 10:1 — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness (בְּמַ֣ר) of my soul.
- Job 21:25 — And another dieth in the bitterness (מָרָ֑ה) of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
- Psalms 64:3 — Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter (מָֽר) words:
- Proverbs 5:4 — But her end is bitter (מָרָ֣ה) as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
- Proverbs 27:7 — The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing (מַ֥ר) is sweet.
- Proverbs 31:6 — Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy (לְמָ֣רֵי) hearts.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 — And I find more bitter (מַ֣ר) than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Isaiah 5:20 — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter (מַ֛ר) for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
- Isaiah 5:20 — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter (לְמָֽר)!
- Isaiah 33:7 — Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly (מַ֖ר).
- Isaiah 38:15 — What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness (מַ֥ר) of my soul.
- Isaiah 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness (מָ֑ר): but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Jeremiah 2:19 — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter (וָמָ֔ר), that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
- Jeremiah 4:18 — Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
- Ezekiel 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness (מַר֙), in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
- Ezekiel 27:30 — And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly (מָרָ֑ה), and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
- Ezekiel 27:31 — And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness (בְּמַר) of heart and bitter wailing.
- Ezekiel 27:31 — And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter (מָֽר) wailing.
- Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter (מָֽר) day.
- Habakkuk 1:6 — For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter (הַמַּ֣ר) and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
- Zephaniah 1:14 — The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly (מַ֥ר).