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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(bitter). The
desert
spring
whose waters were sweetened (
Ex. 15:22-25
22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
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.
24
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25
And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, (Exodus 15:22‑25)
;
Num. 33:8-9
8
And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, 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.
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. (Numbers 33:8‑9)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
One of the early stations of the Israelites, so called because the waters there were bitter, but which were made sweet by casting in a tree (
Ex. 15:23
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. (Exodus 15:23)
;
Num. 33:8-9
8
And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, 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.
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. (Numbers 33:8‑9)
). It is typical of the
Christian
’s
acceptance
of
death
(
Rom. 6:11
11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:11)
;
John 6:53
53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. (John 6:53)
, and more), in order to live unto
God
. It is the love of Christ, expressed in His going into death to make a way out for us, that sweetens the bitterness.
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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
4785
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Marah
Phonic:
maw-raw’
Meaning:
the same as
4751
feminine; bitter; Marah, a place in the Desert
KJV Usage:
Marah
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
he rebelled: bitterness
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Bitterness; calamity:―desert spring whose waters were sweetened, Exod. 15:23. {Amaritudo}
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