Mara — the meaning of the Hebrew name מָרָא

מָרָא

Mârâʼ · pronounced maw-raw' · Strong's H4755 · a woman

Mara means bitter.

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מַר mar (for, H4751) — bitter (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

for H4751 feminine; bitter; Mara, a symbolic name of Naomi.

Ruth 1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Ruth

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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