πικρία
pikria · bitterness
Greek word · Strong’s number G4088 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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pikria (πικρία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bitterness”.
Also resentment.
How to say it
pi·kri·a
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
- Resentment and harshness kept inside that do harm.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 8:23
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.”
- Romans 3:14
whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;
- Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness and rage and wrath and shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.
- Hebrews 12:15
seeing to it that no one falls short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and through it many become defiled;