Strong's Enhanced Concordance

The Aionian Bible un-translates and instead transliterates eleven special words to help us better understand the extent of God’s love for individuals and all mankind, and the nature of afterlife destinies. The original translation is unaltered and an inline note is appended to 64 Old Testament and 200 New Testament verses. Compare the definitions below to the Aionian Glossary. Follow the blue link below to study the word's usage. Search for any Strong's number: g1-21369 and h1-9049.
bitter
Strongs:
g4089
Greek:
πικρός
Tyndale
Word:
πικρός
Transliteration:
pikros
Gloss:
bitter
Morphhology:
Greek Adjective
Definition:
πικρός, -ά, -όν (poët. in cl.), [in LXX chiefly for מַר;] 1) sharp, pointed. 2) sharp to the senses; of taste, bitter: opposite to γλυκύ, Jas.3:11; metaphorically, harsh, bitter: Jas.3:14 (AS)
Liddell-Scott-Jones
Word:
πικρός
Transliteration:
pikros
Gloss:
bitter
Morphhology:
Greek Adjective
Definition:
πικρός, ά, όν, poetry also ός, όν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—properly pointed, sharp, keen, ὀϊστός [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) generally, sharp to the sense: II.1) of taste, pungent, ῥίζα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of salt water, opposed to γλυκύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁλμυρὸς καὶ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πριγλία π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ὄμφακος πικρᾶς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑγρότης π, opposed to ὀξεῖα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of smell, pungent, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) of feeling, sharp, keen, ὠδῖνες [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.3) of sound, piercing, shrill, οἰμωγά [Refs]; γόοι, ὄδυρμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) metaphorically, III.1) of things, bitter, especially of what yields pain instead of expected pleasure, frequently in threats, μὴ τάχα πικρὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ Κύπρον ἵκηαι (variant{ἴδηαι}) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τιμωρία, ἀγῶνες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύαι, χεῖμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μὴ λίαν πικρὸν εἰπεῖν ᾖ [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2) so of persons, probably in [Refs 7th c.BC+]; γλυκὺν ὧδε φίλοις ἐχθροῖσι δὲ π. [Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. θεοῖς hateful to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμοὶ π. τέθνηκεν ἢ κείνοις γλυκύς his death is matter of sorrow to me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δαίμων π, of untimely death (Latin acerbus), [Refs] III.3) embittered, angry, πικρὰ ὄρνις [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.4) relentless, οὐδὲν πικρότερον τῆς ἀνάγκης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; spiteful, mean, vindictive, βάσκανον καὶ πικρὸν καὶ κακόηθες οὐδέν ἐστι πολίτευμα ἐμόν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in Comedy texts of old men, σκυθρός, π, φειδωλός [Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb -ρῶς pedantically, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; with rigid accuracy, [Refs 1st c.BC+] IV) adverb -ρῶς harshly, bitterly, vindictively, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἔχειν τισί, πρός τινας, [NT+5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 8th c.BC+] and Epic dialect; ῐ frequently in Trag, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]: ι therefore is not long by nature as in μικρός.]
Strongs
Word:
πικρός
Transliteration:
pikrós
Pronounciation:
pik-ros'
Language:
Greek
Morphhology:
Adjective
Definition:
sharp (pungent), i.e. acrid (literally or figuratively); bitter; perhaps from g4078 (πήγνυμι) (through the idea of piercing)