ΠΙΚΡΙΑΣ, πικριας
PIKRIAS, pikrias
Sounds Like: pik-REE-as
Translations: (of) bitterness, bitterness, a bitterness
From the root: ΠΙΚΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality or state of being bitter, both literally in taste and figuratively in disposition or experience. It can describe a sharp, unpleasant taste, or a feeling of resentment, anger, or deep sorrow. In a sentence, it might be used to describe the bitterness of a situation, a person's bitter attitude, or the bitter taste of something.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3090 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 9:28, 13:3
- Job — 9:18
- Isaiah — 28:21, 28:28, 38:16
- Jeremiah — 15:17
- Acts of the Apostles — 8:23
- Romans — 3:14
- Hebrews — 12:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 1:30
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 25:28
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 120:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 32:32
- 3 Maccabees — 4:4, 5:18
- Psalms — 9:28, 13:3
- Odes — 2:32
- Job — 9:18, 21:25
- Isaiah — 28:21, 28:28
- Jeremiah — 15:17
- Lamentations — 3:15
- Ezekiel — 28:24
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 5 — 2:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΙΚΡΙΑ.
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.
- ΚΡΙΑ — bitterness, a bitterness, bitter gall, rancor
- ΚΡΙΑΣ — bitterness, a bitterness, gall, a gall, (of) bitterness, (of) gall
- ΠΙΚΡΙΑ — bitterness, a bitterness, acrimony, animosity, rancor
- ΠΙΚΡΙΑΙΣ — bitterness, a bitterness, bitter hatred, acrimony
- ΠΙΚΡΙΑΝ — bitterness, a bitterness
- ΠΙΚΡΙΩΝ — of Marah, of bitterness
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