A name from Scripture
Marah
MAR-uh
Meaning
Bitter
Hebrew origin · Girl · First in Exodus
What it points to
Marah is redemptive — the same God who allows bitter seasons provides the tree that makes the waters sweet again.
Verses · King James Version
“And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter... And the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet.”
Exodus 15:23-25
“Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.”
Ruth 1:20