מְרִי
mᵉrîy · H4805 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences
Meanings
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rebellious
Action by which humans reject the authority of someone to which they had formerly been subjected
Examples1 Samuel 15:23 “For rebellion is as reprehensible as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as reprehensible as false religion and idolatry. Since you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.”
Proverbs 17:11 A rebellious person seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Isaiah 30:9 For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD;
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- שִׂיחַcomplaint, sorrow 1
- ךָyour 1
- הֶםtheir 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בָּקַשׁto seek, to search, to look for 1
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- יָדַעto know 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חַטָּאָהsin, sin offering 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֵםthey, them 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- אֵלto, toward 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
15 occurrences in 3 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 13
- בֵּןson 1
- עַםpeople 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 4 words
- קְשִׁי qᵉshîy · H7190 · stubbornness
- Both words denote unwillingness and defiance, rebelliousness on the one hand and stubbornness on the other.
- מֶרֶד mered · H4777 · rebellion
- Both terms denote rebellion or unwillingness — two distinct Hebrew words that both mean rebellion or rebellious behavior.
- סָרָה çârâh · H5627 · ceasing, rebellion, stubbornness
- Both words denote rebellion, defiance and unwillingness to obey, and can substitute for each other in contexts of revolt.
- מַרְדּוּת mardûwth · H4780 · rebellious
- Both terms describe unwillingness or defiance in closely overlapping senses — one "rebellious," the other "rebel/rebellion/rebellious."
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Unwilling002001002031
- The word denotes rebellion, a refusal to submit, matching its common gloss "rebellion."
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4805. meri מְרִי noun masculinePro 17:11 rebellion; — מְרִי Isa 30:9-10t.; מֶ֑רִי…
מְרִי noun masculinePro 17:11 rebellion; — מְרִי Isa 30:9-10t.; מֶ֑רִי Numbers 17:25 Num 17:9t.; suffix מֶרְיְךָ Deu 31:27; מִרְיָם Neh 9:17; — rebellion Deu 31:27; 1Sa 15:23; Neh 9:17; Job 23:2 מרי עם rebellious people Isa 30:9; (ה)מרי בית rebellious house (referring to Israel) Eze 2:5-6, Eze 2:8; Eze 3:9, Eze 3:26, Eze 3:27; Eze 12:2 (twice in verse); Eze 12:3, Eze 12:9, Eze 12:25; Eze 17:12; Eze 24:3, בית omitted (restored by Co) Eze 2:7; Eze 44:6; מרי בְּנֵי rebellious sons Numbers 17:25 (P); with omission of בֵּן (or abstract for concrete), מֶ֑רִיאל תהי be not a rebellious person Eze 2:8; רע יבקּשׁ מרי אך a rebellious man seeketh only evil Pro 17:11.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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