מְרֹרָה
me.ro.rah
“gall”
Definition
properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent)
or מְרוֹרָה; from H4843 (מָרַר);
- bitter thing, gall, poison 1a) gall, gall-bladder (seat of gall) 1b) poison, venom 1c) bitter thing 1d) bitterness
Go beyond grammar.
See how this word works across context, usage, and meaning with AI-assisted word study built for serious Bible study.
logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מְרֹרָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But their vine is from the vine of Sodomand from the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are poisonous;their clusters are bitter.
For You record bitter accusations against meand bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
yet in his stomach his food soursinto the venom of cobras within him.
It is drawn out of his back,the gleaming point from his liver.Terrors come over him.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.