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Lexicon :: Strong's G4088 - pikria

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πικρία
Transliteration
pikria (Key)
Pronunciation
pik-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
20x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:122,839

Strong’s Definitions

πικρία pikría, pik-ree'-ah; from G4089; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively:—bitterness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4088 in the following manner: bitterness (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4088 in the following manner: bitterness (4x).

  1. bitter gall

    1. extreme wickedness

    2. a bitter root, and so producing a bitter fruit

    3. metaph. bitterness, bitter hatred

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πικρία pikría, pik-ree'-ah; from G4089; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively:—bitterness.
STRONGS G4088:
πικρία, πικρίας, ἡ (πικρός), bitterness: χολή πικρίας, equivalent to χολή πικρά (Winers Grammar, 34, 3 b.; Buttmann, § 132, 10), bitter gall, equivalent to extreme wickedness, Acts 8:23; ῤίζα πικρίας (references as above), a bitter root, and so producing bitter fruit, Hebrews 12:15 (from Deuteronomy 29:18, the Alex. manuscript), cf. Bleek at the passage; metaphorically, bitterness, i. e. bitter hatred, Ephesians 4:31; of speech, Romans 3:14 after Psalm 9:28 (Psalms 10:7). (In various uses in the Sept. (Demosthenes, Aristotle), Theophrastus, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
29:18
Psalms
10:7
Acts
8:23
Romans
3:14
Ephesians
4:31
Hebrews
12:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4088 matches the Greek πικρία (pikria),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the LORD our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - For their vine is from the stock of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes contain venom, their clusters of grapes are bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - "Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - "Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:18 - He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:1 - "I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:25 - And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 - For the LORD will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:28 - Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one's wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:29 - Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:21 - I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:17 - I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 - He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. ו (Vav)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 - Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - "'No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.
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