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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)
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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 BoxGen 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me—me too, my father!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him in chains.[fn] And he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - The LORD had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering;[fn] there was no one to help them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:4 - but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Your wickedness will punish you; your backsliding will rebuke you. Consider then and realize how evil and bitter it is for you when you forsake the LORD your God and have no awe of me,”

declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 - “Your own conduct and actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets: “I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - They will raise their voice and cry bitterly over you; they will sprinkle dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - I am raising up the Babylonians,[fn] that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwellings not their own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The great day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the LORD is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
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