3992. maar
Berean Strong's Lexicon
maar: To bare, to empty, to pour out

Original Word: מָעַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: maar
Pronunciation: mah-ar
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ar')
Definition: To bare, to empty, to pour out
Meaning: to be bitter, to embitter, be painful

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 1637 (ἐκχέω, ekcheo) - to pour out

- Strong's Greek 2758 (κενόω, kenoō) - to empty

Usage: The Hebrew verb "maar" primarily means to make bare or to empty. It is often used in the context of pouring out or making something void. This action can be physical, such as emptying a container, or metaphorical, such as laying bare one's soul or intentions.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of emptying or making bare was significant both in practical and spiritual contexts. Practically, it could refer to the act of pouring out contents, such as oil or water, which were valuable resources. Spiritually, it could symbolize vulnerability, openness, or the act of laying oneself bare before God, which was an important aspect of worship and repentance.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to prick, to pain
NASB Translation
malignancy (2), malignant (1), prickling (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מָאַר] verb (compare Arabic excite hostility, irritate, break open, of a wound); —

Hiph`il prick, pain Participle מַמְאִיר Ezekiel 28:24 מַמְאֶ֫רֶת Leviticus 13:51 2t.; — of thorn ׳סִלּוֺן מ Ezekiel 28:24 (figurative of oppressors of Israel,); "" קוֺץ מַכְאִב); elsewhere of leprosy (צָרַעַת) = malignant ? Leviticus 13:51,52; Leviticus 14:44 (all P; but in all these has מרראת, √ מרא = מרה be obstinate, compare Thes816b Di).

מַאֲרָב see ארב. מְאֵרָה see ארר.

[מִבְדָּלָה], מִבְדָּלוֺת see בדל.

מָבוֺא see בוא. מְבוּכָה see בוך.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fretting, picking

A primitive root; to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. Be painful -- fretting, picking.

Forms and Transliterations
מַמְאִיר֙ מַמְאֶ֙רֶת֙ מַמְאֶ֛רֶת מַמְאֶ֥רֶת ממאיר ממארת mam’ereṯ mam’îr mam·’e·reṯ mam·’îr mamEret mamIr
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Englishman's Concordance
Leviticus 13:51
HEB: לִמְלָאכָ֑ה צָרַ֧עַת מַמְאֶ֛רֶת הַנֶּ֖גַע טָמֵ֥א
NAS: is a leprous malignancy, it is unclean.
KJV: the plague [is] a fretting leprosy;
INT: the purpose leprous malignancy the mark is unclean

Leviticus 13:52
HEB: כִּֽי־ צָרַ֤עַת מַמְאֶ֙רֶת֙ הִ֔וא בָּאֵ֖שׁ
NAS: for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned
KJV: wherein the plague is: for it [is] a fretting leprosy;
INT: is a leprous malignancy he the fire

Leviticus 14:44
HEB: בַּבָּ֑יִת צָרַ֨עַת מַמְאֶ֥רֶת הִ֛וא בַּבַּ֖יִת
NAS: in the house, it is a malignant mark
KJV: in the house, it [is] a fretting leprosy
INT: the house mark malignant he the house

Ezekiel 28:24
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל סִלּ֤וֹן מַמְאִיר֙ וְק֣וֹץ מַכְאִ֔ב
NAS: of Israel a prickling brier
KJV: And there shall be no more a pricking brier
INT: of Israel brier A prickling thorn A painful

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3992
4 Occurrences


mam·’e·reṯ — 3 Occ.
mam·’îr — 1 Occ.
















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