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Strong's #4087 - πικραίνω

Transliteration

pikraínō

Phonetics

pik-rah'ee-no

Origin

from (G4089)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

6:122,839

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to make bitter
1. to produce a bitter taste in the stomach
to embitter. exasperate
1. render angry, indignant
2. to be embittered, irritated
3. to visit with bitterness, to grieve (deal bitterly with)

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3707 ‑ כָּעַס (kaw‑as'); 4775 ‑ מָרַד (maw‑rad'); 7107 ‑ קָצַף (kaw‑tsaf'); 7264 ‑ רָגַז (raw‑gaz');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Colossians 2

Revelation 4

BSB (4)

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

CSB (4)

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

ESV (4)

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

KJV (6)

Colossians 2

Revelation 4

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

Colossians 1

Revelation 6

N95 (7)

Colossians 1

Revelation 6

NAS (8)

Colossians 1

Revelation 6

NLT (3)

Revelation 5

WEB (6)

Colossians 2

Revelation 4

YLT (4)

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

ASV (6)

be 1

bitter 2

it shall make 1

they were made bitter 1

was made bitter 1

BSB (4)

be harsh 1

bitter 1

it will make 1

turned bitter 1

CSB (4)

bitter 4

ESV (4)

be harsh 1

bitter 1

made bitter 2

KJV (6)

be 1

bitter 4

make 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

bitter 3

embittered 1

made 2

make 1

N95 (7)

bitter 3

embittered 1

made 2

make 1

NAS (8)

become 1

bitter 4

made 2

make 1

NLT (3)

bitter 1

sour 2

WEB (6)

be 1

bitter 2

it will make 1

they were made bitter 1

was made bitter 1

YLT (4)

bitter 2

they were made bitter 1

was made bitter 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

ANT

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

BEZ

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

BGB

V-API-3P 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

BMT

V-API-3P 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

BYZ

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

ELZ

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPD-2P 1

NA26

V-2PPDP 1

V-3APIP 1

V-3APIS 1

V-3FAIS 1

SBL

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

SCV

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

STV

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

TIS

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPM-2P 1

TRG

V-API-3P 1

V-API-3S 1

V-FAI-3S 1

V-PPD-2P 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πικρ-αίνω,

make sharp or keen, esp. to the taste, π. τὴν κοιλίαν make it bitter, Revelation 10:9 : — Pass., τὸ στόμα πικραίνεται Hp. Acut. 30: opp. γλυκαίνεσθαι, Arist. Ph. 244b20 .

2. metaph., embitter, irritate, τὴν ψυχήν LXX Job 27:2; τὴν ἀκοήν affect it harshly, opp. γλυκαίνω, D.H. Comp. 12, 15; make harsh, νόμους cj. in A. Eu. 693: — Pass., to be exasperated, embittered, Pl. Lg. 731d, Theoc. 5.120; ὁ ζωγράφος πονεῖ τι καὶ π . vexes himself, Antiph. 144.3; π. ἐπί τισι LXX Exodus 16:20; ἔν τισι ib. Ruth 1:20; also ἐπικράνθη μοι it grieved me, ib. 13 .

3. of style, make harsh or rugged, διάλεκτον D.H. Dem. 55, cf. 34 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πικραίνω: future πικράνω; passive, present πικραίνομαι; 1 aorist ἐπικρανθην; (πικρός, which see);

1. properly, to make bitter: τά ὕδατα, passive, Revelation 8:11; τήν κοιλίαν, to produce a bitter taste in the stomach (Vulg. amarico), Revelation 10:9f.

2. tropically, to embitter, exasperate, i. e. render angry, indignant; passive, to be embittered, irritated (Plato, Demosthenes, others): πρός τινα, Colossians 3:19 (Athen. 6, p. 242 c.; ἐπί τινα, Exodus 16:20; Jeremiah 44:15 (); 1 Esdr. 4:31; (ἐν τίνι, Ruth 1:20)); contextually equivalent to to visit with bitterness, to grieve (deal bitterly with), Job 27:2; Macc. 3:7. (Compare: παραπικραίνω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πικραίνω

(< πικρός ),

[in LXX for H4775, H7107, etc.;]

to make bitter: Revelation 10:9; pass., Revelation 8:11; Revelation 10:10; metaph., to embitter (LXX) : pass., seq. πρός , Colossians 3:19.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

See s.v. πολυμερῶς. For the adj. πολύτροπος cf. P Flor I. 33.15 (iv/A.D.). In MGr πολύτροπος has a good sense, ";adroit.";

List of Word Forms

επικρανθη επικράνθη ἐπικράνθη επικρανθησαν επικράνθησαν ἐπικράνθησαν μὴ πικραινεσθε πικραίνεσθε πικραινομένη πικράναί πικράνας πικρανει πικρανεί πικρανεῖ πικρανθήσονται πικρασμώ epikranthe epikranthē epikránthe epikránthē epikranthesan epikranthēsan epikránthesan epikránthēsan me mē pikrainesthe pikraínesthe pikranei pikraneî