Strong G4087πικραίνω
to embitter
- Transliteration
- pikrainō
- Pronunciation
- pik-rah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4089; to embitter (literally or figuratively): - be (make) bitter.
Detailed definition
πικραίνω
(πικρός), [in LXX for מָרַד, קָצַף, etc.;]
to make bitter: Rev.10:9; pass., Rev.8:11 10:10; metaphorically, to embitter (LXX): pass., before πρός, Col.3:19.†
(AS)
(πικρός), [in LXX for מָרַד, קָצַף, etc.;]
to make bitter: Rev.10:9; pass., Rev.8:11 10:10; metaphorically, to embitter (LXX): pass., before πρός, Col.3:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4087 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be2
- bitter2
- make2
First verses
- Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- Revelation 8:11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
- Revelation 10:9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
- Revelation 10:10And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πικρ-αίνω,
make sharp or keen, especially to the taste, π. τὴν κοιλίαν make it bitter, [NT (NT.Rev. 10.9)]:— passive, τὸ στόμα πικραίνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 30: opposed to γλυκαίνεσθαι, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 244b20.)]
2 metaphorically, embitter, irritate, τὴν ψυχήν [LXX (LXX.Job.27.2)]; τὴν ἀκοήν affect it harshly, opposed to γλυκαίνω, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 12, 15)]; make harsh, νόμους conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 693)]:—passive, to be exasperated, embittered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 731d, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.120)]; ὁ ζωγράφος πονεῖ τι καὶ π. vexes himself, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 144.3; π. ἐπί τισι LXX.Exo.16.20)]; ἔν τισι[LXX (LXX.Ruth.1.20)]; also ἐπικράνθη μοι it grieved me, [Refs ([prev. work] 13.)]
3 of style, make harsh or rugged, διάλεκτον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 55, compare 34.)]
make sharp or keen, especially to the taste, π. τὴν κοιλίαν make it bitter, [NT (NT.Rev. 10.9)]:— passive, τὸ στόμα πικραίνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 30: opposed to γλυκαίνεσθαι, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 244b20.)]
2 metaphorically, embitter, irritate, τὴν ψυχήν [LXX (LXX.Job.27.2)]; τὴν ἀκοήν affect it harshly, opposed to γλυκαίνω, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 12, 15)]; make harsh, νόμους conjecture in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 693)]:—passive, to be exasperated, embittered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 731d, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.120)]; ὁ ζωγράφος πονεῖ τι καὶ π. vexes himself, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 144.3; π. ἐπί τισι LXX.Exo.16.20)]; ἔν τισι[LXX (LXX.Ruth.1.20)]; also ἐπικράνθη μοι it grieved me, [Refs ([prev. work] 13.)]
3 of style, make harsh or rugged, διάλεκτον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 55, compare 34.)]