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Marah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(bitter). The desert spring whose waters were sweetened (Ex. 15:22-25²²So 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. ²³And 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. ²⁴And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? ²⁵And 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. 33:8-9⁸And 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. ⁹And 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. 15:23²³And 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. 33:8-9⁸And 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. ⁹And 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. 6:11¹¹Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:11); John 6:53⁵³Then 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}