- Original: מאר - Transliteration: Ma'ar - Phonetic: maw-ar' - Definition: 1. (Hiphil) to pain, prick, irritate, be in pain - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1141 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter that is be painful: - fretting picking. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • fretting, 3 Leviticus 13:51; Leviticus 13:52; Leviticus 14:44 • pricking, 1 Ezekiel 28:24