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Lexicon :: Strong's G4087 - pikrainō

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πικραίνω
Transliteration
pikrainō (Key)
Pronunciation
pik-rah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:122,839

Strong’s Definitions

πικραίνω pikraínō, pik-rah'-ee-no; from G4089; to embitter (literally or figuratively):—be (make) bitter.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4087 in the following manner: make bitter (2x), be bitter (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4087 in the following manner: make bitter (2x), be bitter (2x).

  1. to make bitter

    1. to produce a bitter taste in the stomach

  2. to embitter. exasperate

    1. render angry, indignant

    2. to be embittered, irritated

    3. to visit with bitterness, to grieve (deal bitterly with)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πικραίνω pikraínō, pik-rah'-ee-no; from G4089; to embitter (literally or figuratively):—be (make) bitter.
STRONGS G4087:
πικραίνω: future πικράνω; passive, present πικραίνομαι; 1 aorist ἐπικρανθην; (πικρός, which see);
1. properly, to make bitter: τά ὕδατα, passive, Revelation 8:11; τήν κοιλίαν, to produce a bitter taste in the stomach (Vulg.amarico), Revelation 10:9f.
2. tropically, to embitter, exasperate, i. e. render angry, indignant; passive, to be embittered, irritated (Plato, Demosthenes, others): πρός τινα, Colossians 3:19 (Athen. 6, p. 242 c.; ἐπί τινα, Exodus 16:20; Jeremiah 44:15 (Jer. 37:15); 1 Esdr. 4:31; (ἐν τίνι, Ruth 1:20)); contextually equivalent to to visit with bitterness, to grieve (deal bitterly with), Job 27:2; Macc. 3:7. (Compare: παραπικραίνω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
16:20
Ruth
1:20
Job
27:2
Jeremiah
37:15; 44:15
Colossians
3:19
Revelation
8:11; 10:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4087 matches the Greek πικραίνω (pikrainō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:2 - As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:32 - Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:9 - And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:15 - Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 - The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
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