Smith's Bible Dictionary
Marah(bitterness), a place which lay in the wilderness of Shur or Etham, three days journey distant, (Exodus 15:23; Numbers 33:8) from the place at which the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, and where was a spring of bitter water, sweetened subsequently by the casting in of a tree which "the Lord showed" to Moses. Howarah , distant 16 1/2 hours (47 miles) from Ayoun Mousa , the Israelites' first encampment, has been by many identified with it, apparently because it is the bitterest water in the neighborhood.
ATS Bible Dictionary
MarahBitterness, a well near the Red Sea, three days' journey from the point where the Israelites crossed it. The well was sweetened for the use of the distressed Hebrews by the miraculous efficacy imparted to the branches of a certain tree which Moses threw in, Exodus 15:23-25. No plant is now known possessed of such a quality. The name Amarah now marks the dry bed of a wintry torrent, a little south of which is a well called Hawara, which answers well to the description. Its water, after remaining a few seconds in the mouth, becomes exceedingly nauseous. The Arabs do not drink it though their camels will. See also Ruth 1:20.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MARAHma'-ra, mar'-a (marah, "bitter"): The first camp of the Israelites after the passage of the Red Sea (Exodus 15:23 Numbers 33:8 f). The name is derived from the bitterness of the brackish water. Moses cast a tree into the waters which were thus made sweet (Exodus 15:23).
See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (
Exodus 15:23, 24;
Numbers 33:8) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. On this account they murmured against Moses, who, under divine direction, cast into the fountain "a certain tree" which took away its bitterness, so that the people drank of it. This was probably the `Ain Hawarah, where there are still several springs of water that are very "bitter," distant some 47 miles from `Ayun Mousa.
Strong's Hebrew
4785. Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula... << 4784, 4785.
Marah. 4786 >>. a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula. Transliteration:
Marah Phonetic Spelling: (maw-raw') Short Definition:
Marah.
... /hebrew/4785.htm - 6k 4759b. marah -- a mirror
... << 4759a, 4759b. marah. 4760 >>. a mirror. Transliteration: marah Short Definition:
mirrors. ... << 4759a, 4759b. marah. 4760 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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4759a. marah -- vision
... << 4759, 4759a. marah. 4759b >>. vision. Transliteration: marah Short Definition:
vision. ... << 4759, 4759a. marah. 4759b >>. Strong's Numbers.
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4784. marah -- to be contentious or rebellious
... << 4783, 4784. marah. 4785 >>. to be contentious or rebellious. Transliteration:
marah Phonetic Spelling: (maw-raw') Short Definition: rebelled. ... marah. 4785 >>. ...
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4751. mar -- bitter, bitterness
mar or marah. << 4750, 4751. mar or marah. 4752 >>. bitter, bitterness. Transliteration:
mar or marah Phonetic Spelling: (mar) Short Definition: bitter. ...
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4811. Merayah -- an Israelite priest
... priest NASB Word Usage Meraiah (1). Meraiah. From marah; rebellion; Merajah, an
Israelite -- Meraiah. Compare Yimrah. see HEBREW marah. see HEBREW Yimrah. ...
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4805. meri -- rebellion
... Word Origin from marah Definition rebellion NASB Word Usage rebellion (3), rebellious
(16), rebellious man (1), rebellious ones (1), rebels (1). ...
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4850. Merathayim -- perhaps "double rebellion," another name for ...
... Word Origin perhaps from marah Definition perhaps "double rebellion," another
name for Bab. NASB Word Usage Merathaim (1). Merathaim. ...
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3236. Yimrah -- an Asherite
... Word Origin from marah Definition an Asherite NASB Word Usage Imrah (1). Imrah.
Probably from yamar; interchange; Jimrah, an Israelite -- Imrah. ...
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