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Mara <a href="../hebrew/4756.htm" title="4756">►</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">Mara: Mara</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">מָרָא</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Mara'<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>mah-RAH<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(maw-raw')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Mara<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Mara<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root מָרַר (marar), meaning "to be bitter" or "to make bitter."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>G4089 (Πικρία - Pikria):</b> Meaning bitterness, often used in the New Testament to describe a state of bitter resentment or harshness.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The name "Mara" is used in the Bible to signify bitterness. It is most notably used by Naomi in the Book of Ruth when she expresses her grief and sorrow after the loss of her husband and sons. Naomi asks to be called Mara, reflecting her feelings of bitterness and affliction.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, names were often reflective of personal experiences or characteristics. The name "Mara" is a poignant example of this tradition, as Naomi adopts it to express her deep sense of loss and the bitterness of her circumstances. The use of "Mara" highlights the importance of names in conveying personal narratives and emotional states in biblical times.<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>"bitter," symbolic name of Naomi<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Mara (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">מָרָא</font> <a href="/interlinear/ruth/1-20.htm">Ruth 1:20</a>, see I. <font class="hebrew2">מַר</font> above </p><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>Mara <p>For <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm">mar</a> feminine; bitter; Mara, a symbolic name of Naomi -- Mara. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm">mar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מָרָ֔א מרא mā·rā maRa mārā<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/ruth/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 1:20</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קְרֶ֤אןָ לִי֙ <b> מָרָ֔א </b> כִּי־ הֵמַ֥ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ruth/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> call <span class="itali">me Mara,</span> for the Almighty<br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> call <span class="itali">me Mara:</span> for the Almighty<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Naomi call <span class="itali">Mara</span> for has dealt<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4755.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4755.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4755<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/mara_4755.htm">mā·rā — 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/4754.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4754"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4754" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/4756.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4756"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4756" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>