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Lexicon :: Strong's G4088 - pikria

Aa
πικρία
Transliteration
pikria (Key)
Pronunciation
pik-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
20x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:122,839

Strong’s Definitions

πικρία pikría, pik-ree'-ah; from G4089; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively:—bitterness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4088 in the following manner: bitterness (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4088 in the following manner: bitterness (4x).

  1. bitter gall

    1. extreme wickedness

    2. a bitter root, and so producing a bitter fruit

    3. metaph. bitterness, bitter hatred

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πικρία pikría, pik-ree'-ah; from G4089; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively:—bitterness.
STRONGS G4088:
πικρία, πικρίας, ἡ (πικρός), bitterness: χολή πικρίας, equivalent to χολή πικρά (Winers Grammar, 34, 3 b.; Buttmann, § 132, 10), bitter gall, equivalent to extreme wickedness, Acts 8:23; ῤίζα πικρίας (references as above), a bitter root, and so producing bitter fruit, Hebrews 12:15 (from Deuteronomy 29:18, the Alex. manuscript), cf. Bleek at the passage; metaphorically, bitterness, i. e. bitter hatred, Ephesians 4:31; of speech, Romans 3:14 after Psalm 9:28 (Psalms 10:7). (In various uses in the Sept. (Demosthenes, Aristotle), Theophrastus, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
29:18
Psalms
10:7
Acts
8:23
Romans
3:14
Ephesians
4:31
Hebrews
12:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4088 matches the Greek πικρία (pikria),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:23 - “For I see G3708 that you are in the gall G5521 of bitterness G4088 and in the [fn]bondage G4886 of iniquity.” G93

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:14 - “WHOSE G3739 MOUTH G4750 IS FULL G1073 OF CURSING G685 AND BITTERNESS G4088”;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:31 - Let all G3956 bitterness G4088 and wrath G2372 and anger G3709 and clamor G2906 and slander G988 be put G142 away G142 from you, along G4862 with all G3956 malice. G2549

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:15 - See G1983 to it that no G3361 one G5100 comes G5302 short G5302 of the grace G5485 of God; G2316 that no G3361 root G4491 of bitterness G4088 springing G5453 up causes G1776 trouble, G1776 and by it many G4183 be defiled; G3392
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