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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4088 - πικρία

Transliteration

pikría

Phonetics

pik-ree'-ah

Origin

from (G4089)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

6:122,839

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

bitter gall
1. extreme wickedness
2. a bitter root, and so producing a bitter fruit
3. metaph. bitterness, bitter hatred

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2195 ‑ זַעַם (zah'‑am); 3939 ‑ לַעֲנָה (lah‑an‑aw'); 3992 ‑ מָאַר (maw‑ar'); 4751 ‑ מַר (mar, maw‑raw'); 4754 ‑ מָרָא (maw‑raw'); 4759 ‑ מַרְאָה (mar‑aw'); 4820 ‑ מִרְמָה (meer‑maw'); 6001 ‑ עָמֵל (aw‑male'); 7600 ‑ שַׁאֲנָן (shah‑an‑awn');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

CSB (3)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

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

LSB (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

N95 (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

NLT (4)

Acts 1

Romans 2

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

WEB (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

YLT (4)

Acts 1

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

ASV (4)

bitterness 2

of bitterness 2

BSB (4)

bitterness 1

by bitterness 1

of bitterness 2

CSB (3)

bitterness 3

ESV (4)

bitterness 4

KJV (4)

bitterness 4

LEB (0)

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

LSB (4)

bitterness 4

N95 (4)

bitterness 4

NAS (4)

bitterness 4

NLT (4)

bitter 1

bitterness 3

WEB (4)

bitterness 2

of bitterness 2

YLT (4)

bitterness 2

of bitterness 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BMT

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

STV

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

TRG

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πικρ-ία, ἡ,

bitterness:

1 of taste, Thphr. CP 6.10.7, Od. 32, LXX Jeremiah 15:17, Placit. 3.16.2, Dsc. 1.61, etc.

2. of temper, τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς π . D. 21.204, cf. 25.84, Ep. 3.33, Arist. VV 1251a4, Phld. Ir. p.56W.; ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι π . Plb. 15.4.11; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον Plu. Ccr. 15; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις π . D.S. 16.88; λόγος π. ἔχων μεμιγμένην χάριτι Plu. Lyc. 19 .

3. of circumstances, ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ π . BGU 417.5 (ii/iii A. D.) .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πικρία, πικρίας, ἡ (πικρός), bitterness: χολή πικρίας, equivalent to χολή πικρά (Winers Grammar, 34, 3 b.; Buttmann, § 132, 10), bitter gall, equivalent to extreme wickedness, Acts 8:23; ῤίζα πικρίας (references as above), a bitter root, and so producing bitter fruit, Hebrews 12:15 (from Deuteronomy 29:18, the Alex. manuscript), cf. Bleek at the passage; metaphorically, bitterness, i. e. bitter hatred, Ephesians 4:31; of speech, Romans 3:14 after Psalm 9:28 (). (In various uses in the Sept. (Demosthenes, Aristotle), Theophrastus, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πικρία , -ας , ἡ

(< πικρός ),

[in LXX chiefly for H4751 and cognate forms;]

bitterness;

(a) of taste (Arist., Jeremiah 15:17, al.);

(b) metaph., of temper, character, etc.: Romans 3:14 (LXX), Ephesians 4:31; ῥίζα πικρίας , Hebrews 12:15; χολὴ Papyri, a malignant disposition, Acts 8:23.†

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

This late form of the Attic πῶμα, ";drink,"; is seen in Kaibel 244.9 f.—

Φερσεφόνας δ᾽ ἀδίαυλον ὑπὸ στυγερὸν δόμον ἦλθον

παυσιπόνῳ λάθας λουσαμένα πόματι.

Cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 456, and Thackeray Gr. i. p. 79.

List of Word Forms

πικρια πικρία πικρίαις πικρίαν πικριας πικρίας πικρίδων πικριών pikria pikría pikrias pikrías