ἘΞΕΠΙΚΡΑΝΑΝ, ἐξεπικραναν
EXEPIKRANAN, exepikranan
Sounds Like: ex-eh-pi-KRAH-nan
Translations: they provoked, they embittered, they exasperated, they made bitter
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΡΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from,' and the verb ἐπικραίνω (epikrainō), which means 'to make bitter' or 'to provoke.' In its inflected form, it describes an action completed in the past by a group of people, indicating that they caused someone to become bitter, angry, or exasperated. It implies a strong and often negative emotional reaction induced in another.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1820 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 119:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Odes — 2:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΡΑΙΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΚΡΑΝΕΝ — to accomplish, to bring to pass, to fulfill, to confirm, to complete
- ἘΠΙΚΡΑΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were embittered, they became bitter, they were made bitter
- ΕΞΕΠΙΚΡΑΝΑΝ — they embittered, they provoked, they exasperated
- ΕΠΙΚΡΑΙΝΩ — to accomplish, to bring to pass, to fulfill, to confirm
- ΕΠΙΚΡΑΝΕΝ — he embittered, he made bitter, he made angry, he provoked, he exasperated
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