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Strong's #4087 - πικραίνω
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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 .
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.†
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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.";
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