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Lexicon :: Strong's G4089 - pikros

Aa
πικρός
Transliteration
pikros (Key)
Pronunciation
pik-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from πήγνυμι (G4078) (through the idea of piercing)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:122,839

Strong’s Definitions

πικρός pikrós, pik-ros'; perhaps from G4078 (through the idea of piercing); sharp (pungent), i.e. acrid (literally or figuratively):—bitter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4089 in the following manner: bitter (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4089 in the following manner: bitter (2x).

  1. bitter

  2. metaph. harsh, virulent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πικρός pikrós, pik-ros'; perhaps from G4078 (through the idea of piercing); sharp (pungent), i.e. acrid (literally or figuratively):—bitter.
STRONGS G4089:
πικρός, πικρά, πικρόν (from the root meaning 'to cut,' 'prick'; Vanicek, 534; Curtius, § 100; Fick 1:145), from Homer down, the Sept. for מַר; bitter: properly, James 3:11 (opposed to τό γλυκύ); metaphorically, harsh, virulent, James 3:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

James
3:11; 3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4089 matches the Greek πικρός (pikros),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 -
Who have whet their tongue like a sword,
And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 -
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 -
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 - Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly.
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