Lexical Summary maror: bitter thing, bitter herb Original Word: מְרֹרTransliteration: maror Phonetic Spelling: (mer-ore') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: bitter thing, bitter herb Meaning: bitter thing, bitter herb Strong's Concordance bitterness Or mrowr {mer-ore'}; from marar; a bitter herb -- bitter(-ness). see HEBREW marar Brown-Driver-Briggs H4844. maror [מָרֹר] noun masculine bitter thing, bitter herb (compare Late Hebrew id., bitter herb; on form see BaNB 194); — only plural מְרֹרִים Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11, מְרוֺרִים Lamentations 3:15; — bitter herbs, in Passover meal Exodus 12:8; Numbers 9:11 (both P); compare בַּמּ ׳הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי Lamentations 3:15, figurative of distress inflicted ("" לַעֲנָה). |