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HebrewH4847Proper Noun (Masculine)

מְרָרִי

me.ra.ri

28Occurrences
H4847Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Merari, an Israelite

from H4843 (מָרַר); bitter;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269) Also named: me.ra.ri (*מְרָרִי *"Merari" H4848) § Merari = "bitter" the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מְרָרִי appears 28 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
10
1 Chronicles
9
Joshua
3
2 Chronicles
2
Exodus
2
Ezra
1
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:6BSB

from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;

1 Chronicles 24:27BSB

The descendants of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

2 Chronicles 34:12BSB

And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

Joshua 21:7BSB

And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Numbers 3:17BSB

These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.