STRONGS NUMBER H4846


Word Summary
merorah: a bitter thing, gall, poison
Original Word: מְרֹרָה
Transliteration: merorah
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-o-raw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a bitter thing, gall, poison
Meaning: bitterness, a bitter thing, bile, venom
Strong's Concordance
bitter thing, gall

Or mrowrah {mer-o-raw'}; from marar; properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent) -- bitter (thing), gall.

see HEBREW marar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4846. merorah

[מְרֹרָה‎] noun feminine bitter thing, gall, poison; construct מְרוֺרַתJob 20:14; suffix מְרֹרָתוֺ20:25; plural מְרֹרֹתDeuteronomy 32:32, מְרֹרוֺת‎ Job 13:36; —

1 gall, i.e. seat of gall, gall-bladder Job 20:25 ("" גֵּוָהback; compare מְרֵרָה‎ Job 16:30).

2 = poison, ׳מ מְּתָנִיםJob 20:14.

3 מְרֹרוֺתbitter thing Job 13:26 (of God's edict of judgment).

4 plural abstract = bitterness; ׳מ אַשְׁכְּלֹתDeuteronomy 32:32 clusters of bitterness ("" רוֺשׁ עִנְּבְי‎).