Occurrences
Mᵉrîyʼ occurs 8 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (3), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1)
- 2 Samuel 6:13 — And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings (וּמְרִֽיא).
- 1 Kings 1:9 — And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle (וּמְרִ֔יא) by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:
- 1 Kings 1:19 — And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle (וּֽמְרִיא) and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
- 1 Kings 1:25 — For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle (וּֽמְרִיא) and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
- Isaiah 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts (מְרִיאִ֑ים); and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
- Isaiah 11:6 — The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling (וּמְרִיא֙) together; and a little child shall lead them.
- Ezekiel 39:18 — Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings (מְרִיאֵ֥י) of Bashan.
- Amos 5:22 — Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts (מְרִיאֵיכֶ֖ם).