A-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g4089 | Greek: pikros |
Bitter, Bitterly, Bitterness:
from a root pik--, meaning "to cut, to prick," hence, lit., "pointed, sharp, keen, pungent to the sense of taste, smell, etc.," is found in Jam 3:11, 14. In ver. 11 it has its natural sense, with reference to water; in ver. 14 it is used metaphorically of jealousy, RV.
B-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g4087 | Greek: pikraino |
Bitter, Bitterly, Bitterness:
related to A, signifies, in the Active Voice, "to be bitter," Col 3:19, or "to embitter, irritate, or to make bitter," Rev 10:9; the Passive Voice, "to be made bitter," is used in Rev 8:11; 10:10.
C-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g4088 | Greek: pikria |
Bitter, Bitterly, Bitterness:
denotes "bitterness." It is used in Act 8:23, metaphorically, of a condition of extreme wickedness, "gall of bitterness" or "bitter gall;" in Rom 3:14, of evil speaking; in Eph 4:31, of "bitter" hatred; in Hbr 12:15, in the same sense, metaphorically, of a root of "bitterness," producing "bitter" fruit.
D-1 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g4089 | Greek: pikros |
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