Strong's Lexicon
G4087 — πικραίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4087 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πικραίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4089 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | pikraino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pik-rai'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to embitter {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | be (make) bitter |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πικραίνω: future πικράνω; passive, present πικραίνομαι; 1 aorist ἐπικρανθην; (πικρός, which see);
1. properly, to make bitter: τά ὕδατα, passive, Rev 8:11; τήν κοιλίαν, to produce a bitter taste in the stomach (Vulg.amarico), Rev 10:9 f.
2. tropically, to embitter, exasperate, i. e. render angry, indignant; passive, to be embittered, irritated (Plato, Demosthenes, others): πρός τινα, Col 3:19 (Athen. 6, p. 242 c.; ἐπί τινα, Exo 16:20; Jer 44:15 (); 1Es 4:31; (ἐν τίνι, Rth 1:20)); contextually equivalent to to visit with bitterness, to grieve (deal bitterly with), Job 27:2; Macc. 3:7. (Compare: παραπικραίνω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πικραίνω (be (make) bitter)
Colossians 3:19
- KJV: Husbands love wives and be not bitter against them
- GK: οι άνδρες αγαπάτε τας γυναίκας και μη πικραίνεσθε προς αυτάς
Revelation 8:11
- KJV: And the name of the star is called Wormwood and the third of the waters became wormwood and many men died of because they were made bitter
- GK: και το όνομα του αστέρος λέγεται ο άψινθος και εγένετο το τρίτον των υδάτων εις άψινθον και πολλοί των ανθρώπων απέθανον εκ των υδάτων ότι επικράνθησαν
Revelation 10:9
- KJV: And I went unto the angel and said unto him Give me the little book And he said unto me Take and eat it up and it shall make thy belly bitter but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey
- GK: και απήλθον προς τον άγγελον λέγων αυτώ δος μοι το βιβλιδάριον και λέγει μοι λάβε και κατάφαγε αυτό και πικρανεί σου την κοιλίαν αλλ΄ εν τω στόματί σου έσται γλυκύ ως μέλι
Revelation 10:10
- KJV: And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it up and it was in my mouth sweet as honey and as soon as I had eaten it my belly was bitter
- GK: και έλαβον το βιβλιδάριον εκ της χειρός του αγγέλου και κατέφαγον αυτό και ην εν τω στόματί μου ως μέλι γλυκύ και ότε έφαγον αυτό επικράνθη η κοιλία μου