מְרֵרָה
mᵉrêrâh · H4845 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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bile
Contents of the gall bladder
ExamplesJob 16:13 “His arrows surround me. He splits my kidneys open without mercy; He pours out my bile on the ground.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יmy 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁפַךְto pour out, to shed 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 1 word
- רֹאשׁ rôʼsh · H7219 · head, beginning
- רֹאשׁ frequently appears in poetic parallelism with terms for gall/bitterness (e.g., Deut 29:18, Lam 3:19) as another toxic or bitter substance, though it emphasizes the poisonous quality rather than specifically bile. Both refer to bitter, noxious substances used figuratively for suffering.
Contrasting words 1 word
- דְּבַשׁ dᵉbash · H1706 · honey
- דְּבַשׁ (honey) is the lexical opposite of gall in taste spectrum: sweet versus bitter. This is a standard dictionary-level gustatory antonym, with honey representing pleasant sweetness in contrast to the bitterness of gall.
In the other Testament 1 word
- χολή cholḗ · G5521 · gall, to be very jealous, to be terribly envious
- χολή is the standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew מְרֵרָה, both referring to bile or gall as a bitter substance. Used in LXX to translate this Hebrew term and appearing in NT contexts (Matt 27:34, Acts 8:23) with the same semantic range of bitter gall.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4845. mererah [מְרֵרָה] noun feminine gall; only suffix מְרֵרָתִי לָאָרֶץ יִשְׁמֹּךְ Job…
[מְרֵרָה] noun feminine gall; only suffix מְרֵרָתִי לָאָרֶץ יִשְׁמֹּךְ Job 16:13 he poureth on the ground my gall (|| כִּלְיוֺתַי יְפַלַּח), figurative of God's cruel treatment (compare מְרֹרָה Job 20:25).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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