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title: מָרַד — rebel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָרַד (4775), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: rebel. BDB 1906: vb. rebel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרַד

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«מָרַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 4775 · **BDB:** מָרַד

### Glosses

he.rebelled (7); rebel (5); rebelling (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4775/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rebel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4775/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rebel (NH id.; Arabic مَرَدَ be bold and audacious in acts of rebellion or disobedience; Ethiopic መረደ run strenuously, attack; መራድ rebellion, PräBeiträge iii. 44; Sab. מרד rebellion Hal 535, 16 Sab.Denkm.38 HomChrestom. 127; Aramaic ܡܪܰܕ, מְרַד; rebel);— Pf. 3 ms. מָרָ֑ד 2 Ch 36:13, 2 ms. מָרַדְתָּ 2 K 18:20=Is 36:5, etc.; Impf. וַיִּמְרֹד 2 K 18:7 + 3 times, וַיִּמְרָד־ 2 K 24:1 Ez 17:15, etc.; Inf. cstr. לִמְרֹד Jos 22:29, לִמְרוֹד Ne 6:6; Pt. pl. מֹרְדִים Ne 2:19 Ez 20:38, מוֹ׳ Ez 2:3; cstr. מֹרְדֵי Jb 24:13;—rebel, revolt: against human king, c. בְּ pers. 2 K 18:7, 20=Is 36:5, 2 K 24:1, 20=Je 52:3, cf. Ez 17:15 2 Ch 36:13, Ne 9:26; less often (late) c. עַל pers. 2 Ch 13:6 Ne 2:19; abs. Gn 14:4 Ne 6:6. against God, c. בְּ Nu 14:9 (JE), Jos 22:16, 18, 29 (all P), Ez 2:3 (Co מָרוּ), Dn 9:9; abs. Ez 2:3 (pt., Co מורים), 20:38 Dn 9:5, c. את Jos 22:19. poet., against light, only מֹרְדֵי אוֹר Jb 24:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָרַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4775/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.4/)

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שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה עָבְד֖וּ אֶת־כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה מָרָֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* two.plus ten year\[s\] they.had.served (et) Kedorlaomer and thir- teen year they.rebelled

*JPS 1917:* Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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[2 Chronicles 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.6/)

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וַיָּ֙קָם֙ יָרָבְעָ֣ם בֶּן־נְבָ֔ט עֶ֖בֶד שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּמְרֹ֖ד עַל־אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.arose Jeroboam the.son of.Nebat the.servant of.Solomon the.son of.David and he.rebelled on master(s) his

*JPS 1917:* Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.

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