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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Bitter Water
• Bitter Herbs
Thompson Chain Reference
• Bitterness
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Bitter
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Herbs, Bitter
• Bitter Water
• Bitter Herbs
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Water of Bitterness
• Bitter Water
• Bitter Herbs
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Bitterness
King James Dictionary
• Bitterness
• Bitter
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Gall of Bitterness
• Bitterness, Gall of
• Bitter Herbs
People's Bible Dictionary
• Bitter Herbs
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Bitter Herbs
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Bitter, Bitterly, Bitterness
Wilson's Bible Types
• Bitter
Webster Dictionary
• Bitters
• Bitterness
• Bittering
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Bitter Herbs
• Bitterness
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bitters
• Karl Theodore Francis Bitter
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Bitter Herbs
• Bitter Water
• Bitter; Bitterness
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Bitter
• Bitter Herbs
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bitter
• Bitter (2)
• Bitter Herb
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Bitter Herbs
Lexicons
• ܡܰܪ
• ܡܰܪܺܝܪܳܐ
• ܡܰܪܺܝܪܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
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• πικραίνω
• πικρία
• πικρός
• מֶמֶר
• מַמְּרֹרִים
• מַר , מָרָה
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(1):

(v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.

(2):

(v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

(3):

(n.) Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

(4):

(v. t.) To make bitter.

(5):

(v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.

(6):

(v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.

(7):

(v. t.) Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.

(8):

(n.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.