# H4843 מָרַר

מָרַר (mârar), Strong’s H4843: to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively) KJV: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have…. Occurs 14 times.

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*mârar* — to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)

KJV: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have…

Derived from [מַר mar](https://besorah.bible/word/H4751) (bitter)

Occurs 14 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָרַר vb. be bitter
- Qal be bitter
- Pi. make bitter, shew bitterness
- Hiph. make bitter, shew bitterness
- Hithpalp. and the king of the south shall embitter himself (be enraged)

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 49:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=23) — The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
- [Exodus 1:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/1?v=14) — and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field…
- [Exodus 23:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=21) — Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name…
- [2 Kings 4:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/4?v=27) — When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the…
- [Isaiah 22:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=4) — Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor to comfort me for the destruction of the…
- [Isaiah 24:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/24?v=9) — They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
- [Isaiah 38:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/38?v=17) — Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for…
- [Zechariah 12:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/12?v=10) — I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will…
- [Job 27:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/27?v=2) — “As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter
- [Ruth 1:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/1?v=13) — would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it…