Mara

"Bitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself" because of her misfortunes (Ruth 1:20).

"Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites" "(Ex. 15:23, 24; Num. 33:8) whose waters were so bitter that they" could not drink them. On this account they murmured against "Moses, who, under divine direction, cast into the fountain "a" "certain tree" which took away its bitterness, so that the people" "drank of it. This was probably the `Ain Hawarah, where there are" "still several springs of water that are very "bitter," distant" some 47 miles from `Ayun Mousa.

"Trembling, a place on the southern boundary of Zebulun (Josh." "19:11). It has been identified with the modern M'alul, about 4" miles south-west of Nazareth.

"(1 Cor. 16:22) consists of two Aramean words, Maran'athah," "meaning, "our Lord comes," or is "coming." If the latter" "interpretation is adopted, the meaning of the phrase is, "Our" "Lord is coming, and he will judge those who have set him at" "nought." (Comp. Phil. 4:5; James 5:8, 9.)"

Definition of Mara:
"Marah, bitter; bitterness"