Merathaim — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְרָתַיִם

מְרָתַיִם

Mᵉrâthayim · pronounced mer-aw-thah'-yim · Strong's H4850 · a woman

Merathaim means double bitterness.

Built from

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

Strong's definition

dual of H4751 feminine; double bitterness; Merathajim, an epithet of Babylon.

First appearance

Jer 50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. (KJV)

Every verse that names Merathaim

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Jeremiah

Jer 50:21

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