Definition

bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious

Etymology

from H4784 (מָרָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• bitter
• (most) rebel(-lion
• -lious)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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