pikrainō · embitter, be harsh

What it means

pikrainō (πικραίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “embitter, be harsh”.

Make bitter; be harsh and hard with another.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To give a bad taste, like wormwood.
2. To treat someone roughly and with resentment.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• be harsh ×1
• it will make bitter ×1
• they had been made bitter ×1
• was made bitter ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Colossians×1
• Revelation×3

• Colossians 3:19

  Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

• Revelation 8:11

  And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

• Revelation 10:9

  And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he says to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”

• Revelation 10:10

  And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.