ΠΙΚΡΙΑ, πικρια
PIKRIA, pikria
Sounds Like: pik-REE-ah
Translations: bitterness, a bitterness, acrimony, animosity, rancor
From the root: ΠΙΚΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being bitter, both literally in taste and figuratively in disposition or feeling. It describes a state of deep-seated resentment, ill will, or acrimony. It can be used to describe a bitter taste in food or drink, or more commonly, a bitter attitude or spirit in a person, often leading to harsh words or actions.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4088 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 19:7
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 29:17
- Job — 3:20
- Sirach — 4:6, 7:11, 31:29
- Isaiah — 28:21, 37:29
- Ephesians — 4:31
- Epistle of Barnabas — 19:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 15:23
- Deuteronomy — 29:18
- Job — 3:20, 10:1
- Sirach — 4:6, 7:11, 34:29
- Isaiah — 37:29
- Lamentations — 3:20
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Ephesians — 4:31
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 4:10
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
- ΠΙΚΡΙΑΙΣ — bitterness, a bitterness, bitter hatred, acrimony
- ΠΙΚΡΙΑΝ — bitterness, a bitterness
- ΠΙΚΡΙΑΣ — (of) bitterness, bitterness, a bitterness
- ΠΙΚΡΙΩΝ — of Marah, of bitterness
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