◄ 4088. pikria ►
Strong's Concordance
pikria: bitterness
Original Word: πικρία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: pikria
Phonetic Spelling: (pik-ree'-ah)
Short Definition: bitterness
Definition: bitterness, harshness, hence met: an embittered (resentful) spirit.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4088: πικρία

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 (). (In various uses in the Sept. (Demosthenes, Aristotle), Theophrastus, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bitterness.

From pikros; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively -- bitterness.

see GREEK pikros

Forms and Transliterations
πικρια πικρία πικρίαις πικρίαν πικριας πικρίας πικρίδων πικριών pikria pikría pikrias pikrías
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Strong's Greek 4088
4 Occurrences


πικρία — 1 Occ.
πικρίας — 3 Occ.

Acts 8:23 N-GFS
GRK: γὰρ χολὴν πικρίας καὶ σύνδεσμον
NAS: that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage
KJV: the gall of bitterness, and
INT: indeed a gall of bitterness and a bond

Romans 3:14 N-GFS
GRK: ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει
NAS: IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS;
KJV: of cursing and bitterness:
INT: of cursing and of bitterness is full

Ephesians 4:31 N-NFS
GRK: πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς
NAS: Let all bitterness and wrath and anger
KJV: Let all bitterness, and wrath,
INT: All bitterness and anger

Hebrews 12:15 N-GFS
GRK: τις ῥίζα πικρίας ἄνω φύουσα
NAS: root of bitterness springing
KJV: any root of bitterness springing up
INT: any root of bitterness up springing

4 Occurrences

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