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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4087 - πικραίνω

Transliteration

pikraínō

Phonetics

pik-rah'ee-no

Origin

from (G4089)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

6:122,839

Definition

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)

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

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

KJV (6)

Colossians

Revelation

NAS (7)

Colossians

Revelation

HCS (4)

Colossians

Revelation

BSB (4)

Colossians

Revelation

ESV (4)

Colossians

Revelation

WEB (6)

Colossians

Revelation

Verse Results

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 .

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

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