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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 4846. מְרֹרַת (merorah) -- Gall, bitterness</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/4846.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/job/20-14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/4846.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 4846</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/4845.htm" title="4845">◄</a> 4846. merorah <a href="../hebrew/4847.htm" title="4847">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">merorah: Gall, bitterness</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">מְרֹרָה</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>mrorah<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>meh-ro-RAW<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(mer-o-raw')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Gall, bitterness<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>bitterness, a bitter thing, bile, venom<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root מָרַר (marar), meaning "to be bitter."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - G5521: χολή (chole) - gall, bitterness<p> - G4088: πικρία (pikria) - bitterness<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "merorah" is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote bitterness, often in a literal sense referring to the gall or bile of an animal. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a state of bitterness or distress in a person's life. The word captures the essence of something that is unpleasant or grievous.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of bitterness was not only a physical sensation but also a metaphor for emotional and spiritual states. Gall, or bile, was considered a bitter substance, and its mention in the Bible often symbolized suffering or divine judgment. The Israelites, familiar with the bitterness of slavery in Egypt, would have understood "merorah" as a powerful symbol of hardship and affliction.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/4843.htm">marar</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a bitter thing, gall, poison<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bitter (1), bitter things (1), venom (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">מְרֹרָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>bitter thing, gall, poison</b></font>; construct <font class="hebrew2">מְרוֺרַת</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/20-14.htm">Job 20:14</a>; suffix <font class="hebrew2">מְרֹרָתוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/20-25.htm">Job 20:25</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">מְרֹרֹת</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:32</a>, <font class="hebrew2">מְרֹרוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/13-36.htm">Job 13:36</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>gall</em>, i.e. seat of gall, gall-bladder <a href="/interlinear/job/20-25.htm">Job 20:25</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">גֵּוָה</font> <em>back</em>; compare <font class="hebrew2">מְרֵרָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/16-30.htm">Job 16:30</a>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> = <em>poison</em>, <font class="hebrew2">מְּתָנִים</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/20-14.htm">Job 20:14</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>3</b></font> <font class="hebrew2">מְרֹרוֺת</font> <em>bitter thing</em> <a href="/interlinear/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26</a> (of God's edict of judgment). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>4</b></font> plural abstract = <em>bitterness</em>; <font class="hebrew2">אַשְׁכְּלֹת</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:32</a> <em>clusters of bitterness</em> ("" <font class="hebrew2">עִנְּבְי רוֺשׁ</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bitter thing, gall <p>Or mrowrah {mer-o-raw'}; from <a href="/hebrew/4843.htm">marar</a>; properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent) -- bitter (thing), gall. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4843.htm">marar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מְרֹר֑וֹת מְרֹרֹ֖ת מְרוֹרַ֖ת מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ ממררתו מרורת מררות מררת mə·rō·rō·wṯ mə·rō·rōṯ mə·rō·w·raṯ meroRat meroRot mərōrōṯ mərōrōwṯ mərōwraṯ mim·mə·rō·rā·ṯōw mimeroraTo mimmərōrāṯōw<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/32-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 32:32</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ר֔וֹשׁ אַשְׁכְּלֹ֥ת <b> מְרֹרֹ֖ת </b> לָֽמוֹ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of poison, Their clusters, <span class="itali">bitter.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/32.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of gall, their clusters <span class="itali">[are] bitter:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of poison their clusters <span class="itali">bitter</span><p><b><a href="/text/job/13-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 13:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תִכְתֹּ֣ב עָלַ֣י <b> מְרֹר֑וֹת </b> וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי עֲוֹנ֥וֹת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For You write <span class="itali">bitter things</span> against<br><a href="/kjvs/job/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For thou writest <span class="itali">bitter things</span> against me, and makest me to possess<br><a href="/interlinear/job/13-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> write against <span class="itali">bitter</span> to inherit the iniquities<p><b><a href="/text/job/20-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 20:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּמֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ <b> מְרוֹרַ֖ת </b> פְּתָנִ֣ים בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is changed <span class="itali">To the venom</span> of cobras<br><a href="/kjvs/job/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> is turned, <span class="itali">[it is] the gall</span> of asps<br><a href="/interlinear/job/20-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his stomach is changed <span class="itali">to the venom</span> of cobras within<p><b><a href="/text/job/20-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 20:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק <b> מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ </b> יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו</span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cometh out <span class="itali">of his gall:</span> terrors<br><a href="/interlinear/job/20-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of his back the glittering <span class="itali">of his gall</span> come and<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4846.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4846.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4846<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/merorat_4846.htm">mə·rō·w·raṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/merorot_4846.htm">mə·rō·rōṯ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mimerorato_4846.htm">mim·mə·rō·rā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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