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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4850 - מְרָתַיִם
Transliteration
Mᵉrâthayim
Phonetics
mer-aw-thah'-yim
Root Word (Etymology)
dual of (H4751)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Feminine
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Merathaim = “double rebellion”
1) another name for ‘Babylon’
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Jeremiah
1
NAS (1)
Jeremiah
1
HCS (1)
Jeremiah
1
BSB (1)
Jeremiah
1
ESV (1)
Jeremiah
1
WEB (1)
Jeremiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מְרָתַ֫יִם used as proper name, feminine = Babylon, עֲלֵה עָלֶיהָ עַלֿ׳הָאָרֶץ מ Jeremiah 50:21; perhaps = Double rebellion (dual) √ מרה q. v.; De Par 182 thinks = Babylonian Marrâtim, i.e., land by the nar Marrâtu, the bitter river (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
מְרָתַ֙יִם֙ מרתים mə·rā·ṯa·yim meraTayim mərāṯayim
