Original Word: מַרְבֵּק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: marbeq
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-bake')
Short Definition: fattened (literally tying-place); — Amos 6:4 calves out of the stall (where they were fattened); 1 Samuel 28:24 i.e. a stall-fed, fatted, calf; so Malachi 3:20 (simile of prosperity), Jeremiah 46:21 (simile of well-fed and arrogant mercenaries).

fatted, stall

From an unused root meaning to tie up; a stall (for cattle) -- X fat(-ted), stall.

מַרְבֵּ֔ק מַרְבֵּֽק׃ מַרְבֵּק֙ מרבק מרבק׃ mar·bêq marBek marbêqInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts

Strong's Hebrew 4770
4 Occurrences

mar·bêq — 4 Occ.

1 Samuel 28:24
HEB: וְלָאִשָּׁ֤ה עֵֽגֶל־ מַרְבֵּק֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת וַתְּמַהֵ֖ר
NAS: The woman had a fattened calf
KJV: And the woman had a fat calf
INT: the woman calf fattened the house quickly

Jeremiah 46:21
HEB: בְקִרְבָּהּ֙ כְּעֶגְלֵ֣י מַרְבֵּ֔ק כִּֽי־ גַם־
NAS: in her midst Are like fattened calves,
KJV: [are] in the midst of her like fatted bullocks;
INT: her midst calves fattened For even

Amos 6:4
HEB: וַעֲגָלִ֖ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ מַרְבֵּֽק׃
NAS: from the midst of the stall,
KJV: out of the midst of the stall;
INT: and calves the midst of the stall

Malachi 4:2
HEB: וּפִשְׁתֶּ֖ם כְּעֶגְלֵ֥י מַרְבֵּֽק׃
NAS: like calves from the stall.
KJV: and grow up as calves of the stall.
INT: and skip calves the stall

4 Occurrences