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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4850 - מְרָתַיִם

Transliteration

Mᵉrâthayim

Phonetics

mer-aw-thah'-yim

Root Word (Etymology)

dual of (H4751)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

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

CSB (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.

List of Word Forms

מְרָתַ֙יִם֙ מרתים mə·rā·ṯa·yim meraTayim mərāṯayim