- Original: מרק - Transliteration: Maraq - Phonetic: maw-rak' - Definition: 1. to scour, polish a. (Qal) to scour, polish b. (Pual) to be scoured - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1246 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to polish; by implication to sharpen; also to rinse: - bright furbish scour. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • bright, 1 2 Chronicles 4:16 • furbish, 1 Jeremiah 46:4 • scoured, 1 Leviticus 6:28