Meaning of “Mara”

1. Mara — bitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself because of her misfortunes (Ruth 1:20).

2. Marah — bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Ex. 15:23, 24; Num. 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.

3. Maralah — trembling, a place on the southern boundary of Zebulun (Josh. 19:11). It has been identified with the modern M'alul, about 4 miles south-west of Nazareth.

4. Maranatha — (1 Cor. 16:22) consists of two Aramean words, Maran'athah, meaning, "our Lord comes," or is "coming." If the latter interpretation is adopted, the meaning of the phrase is, "Our Lord is coming, and he will judge those who have set him at nought." (Comp. Phil. 4:5; James 5:8, 9.)

5. Zemaraim — (1.) A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:22); now the ruin, rather two ruins, es-Sumrah, 4 miles north of Jericho. (2.) A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2 Chr. 13:4-20). Here the armies of Abijah and Jeroboam engaged in a bloody battle, which issued in the total defeat of the king of Israel, who never "recovered strength again," and soon after died.

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Bible Search for “Mara”

1. Exodus Chapter 15 Verse 23 — And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

2. Numbers Chapter 33 Verse 8 — And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

3. Numbers Chapter 33 Verse 9 — And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

4. Joshua Chapter 18 Verse 22 — And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

5. Joshua Chapter 19 Verse 11 — And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;

6. Ruth Chapter 1 Verse 20 — And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

7. 2 Chronicles Chapter 13 Verse 4 — And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

8. 1 Corinthians Chapter 16 Verse 22 — If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

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