Lexical Definition

‎מְרִי‎ mᵉrîy (mer-ee') Egypt ^H:N-M
from ‎מָרָה‎

bitter, (most) rebel(-lion, -lious).

• bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion
• concretely, bitter, or rebellious

1) rebellion
1a) rebellion
1b) rebellious (in construct)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְרִי‎ noun masculine^{Prov 17:11} rebellion; — ‎מְרִי‎ Isa 30:9 + 10 t.; ‎מֶ֑רִי‎ Num 17:25* + 9 t.; suffix ‎מֶרְיְךָ‎ Deut 31:27 ‎מִרְיָם‎ Neh 9:17 — rebellion Deut 31:27; 1Sam 15:23; Neh 9:17; Job 23:2 ‎עם‎ ‎מרי‎ rebellious people Isa 30:9 ‎בית (ה)מרי‎ rebellious house (referring to Israel) Ezek 2:5; Ezek 2:6; Ezek 2:8; Ezek 3:9; Ezek 3:26; Ezek 3:27; Ezek 12:2 (twice in verse); Ezek 12:3; Ezek 12:9; Ezek 12:25; Ezek 17:12; Ezek 24:3, ‎בית‎ omitted (restored by Co) Ezek 2:7; Ezek 44:6 ‎בְּנֵי מרי‎ rebellious sons Num 17:25* (P); with omission of ‎בֵּן‎ (or abstract for concrete), ‎תהי‎ ‎מֶ֑רִיאל‎ be not a rebellious person Ezek 2:8 ‎אך מרי יבקּשׁ‎ ‎רע‎ a rebellious man seeketh only evil Prov 17:11.

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