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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.
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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 - When Esau heard his father's words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, "Bless me too, my father!"

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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 1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, "Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites." So Agag came to him trembling, thinking to himself, "Surely death is bitter!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:26 - The LORD saw Israel's intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the LORD your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord GOD who rules over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:18 - "The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, "Violence and destruction are coming!" This message from the LORD has made me an object of continual insults and derision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - So then I, the LORD who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: 'I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:30 - They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:6 - Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:14 - The LORD's great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD's day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.
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