Mâraṭ — H4803

Definition

verb

to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen

1. to bare, polish, make smooth or bald or bare
1. (Qal)
1. to make bare
2. to scour, polish
2. (Niphal) to be made bald

Usually translated as

hair, bright, peeled, furbish, fallen off, pluck off

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• hétoimos (G2092)
• rhápisma (G4475)
• spáō (G4685)
• tíllō (G5089)

Occurrences

Mâraṭ occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (2), 1 Kings (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (5)

• Leviticus 13:40 — And the man whose hair is fallen off (יִמָּרֵ֖ט) his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
• Leviticus 13:41 — And he that hath his hair fallen off (יִמָּרֵ֖ט) from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
• 1 Kings 7:45 — And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright (מְמֹרָֽט) brass.
• Ezra 9:3 — And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off (וָאֶמְרְטָ֞ה) the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
• Nehemiah 13:25 — And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair (וָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם), and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
• Isaiah 50:6 — I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair (לְמֹֽרְטִ֑ים): I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Ezekiel 21:9 — Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished (מְרוּטָֽה):
• Ezekiel 21:10 — It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished (מֹרָ֑טָּה) that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
• Ezekiel 21:11 — And he hath given it to be furbished (לְמָרְטָ֖ה), that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
• Ezekiel 21:11 — And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished (מֹרָ֔טָּה), to give it into the hand of the slayer.
• Ezekiel 21:28 — And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished (מְרוּטָ֔ה), to consume because of the glittering:
• Ezekiel 29:18 — Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled (מְרוּטָ֑ה): yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: