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Lexicon :: Strong's G4089 - pikros

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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - As Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - And they came to Marah, but they could not drink the waters [fn]of Marah, for they were [fn]bitter; therefore it was named [fn]Marah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 -

Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag near to me, the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him [fn]in chains. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has departed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you [fn]refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 -

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.

They aimed bitter speech as their arrow,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 -

But her end is bitter as wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 -

A satisfied soul tramples the honeycomb,

But to a hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is good before God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 -

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,

Who [fn]substitute darkness for light and light for darkness,

Who [fn]substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 -

They do not drink wine with song;

Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 -

“Your own evil will chastise you,

And your acts of faithlessness will reprove you;

Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter

For you to forsake Yahweh your God,

And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 -

“Your ways and your deeds

Have done these things to you.

This is your evil. How bitter!

How it has touched your heart!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 -

For each time I speak, I cry aloud;

I call out violence and devastation

Because for me the word of Yahweh has [fn]resulted

In reproach and derision all day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 -

“Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the prophets,

‘Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood

And make them drink [fn]poisoned water,

For from the prophets of Jerusalem

Pollution has gone forth into all the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 -

And they will make their voice heard over you

And will cry bitterly.

They will cast dust on their heads;

They will wallow in ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 -

“For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,

That bitter and hasty nation

Who walks on the breadth of the land

To possess dwelling places which are not theirs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 -

Near is the great day of Yahweh,

Near and coming very quickly;

O the sound, the day of Yahweh!

[fn]In it the mighty man cries out bitterly.

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