ΠΙΚΡΟΣ, πικρος
PIKROS, pikros
Sounds Like: PIK-ros
Translations: bitter, sharp, harsh, cruel, a bitter
From the root: ΠΙΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as bitter in taste, but it is also frequently used metaphorically to describe something as harsh, sharp, or cruel in nature or character. It can refer to a person's disposition, a day, or an event. For example, a 'bitter day' might refer to a difficult or sorrowful day, and a 'bitter person' would be someone harsh or cruel.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4089 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 6 — 2:4
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 6 — 3:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΙΚΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΙΚΡΑ — bitterly, grievously, severely
- ΠΙΚΡΑΙ — bitter, harsh, acrid, (of) bitter, (to) bitter, (of) harsh, (to) harsh, (of) acrid, (to) acrid
- ΠΙΚΡΑΙΣ — (to) bitter, (to) harsh, (to) painful, (to) grievous
- ΠΙΚΡΑΝ — bitter, a bitter, bitterly
- ΠΙΚΡΑΣ — of bitter, of harsh, of sharp, of severe, of cruel, of acrid
- ΠΙΚΡΟ — bitter, harsh, a bitter thing, a harsh thing
- ΠΙΚΡΟΙ — bitter, harsh, cruel, grievous
- ΠΙΚΡΟΝ — bitter, harsh, painful, a bitter thing
- ΠΙΚΡΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most bitter, very bitter, bitterest, a most bitter thing
- ΠΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΑΝ — bitterer, more bitter, a bitterer
- ΠΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟ — more bitter, more harsh, more grievous, more painful
- ΠΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more bitter, a more bitter thing, bitterer
- ΠΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ — more bitter, bitterer
- ΠΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΩ — to more bitter, for more bitter, to a more bitter, for a more bitter, of more bitter
- ΠΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of more bitter, of bitterer
- ΠΙΚΡΟΥ — of bitter, of a bitter, bitter, sharp, harsh, cruel
- ΠΙΚΡΟΥΣ — bitter, harsh, painful, grievous, a bitter one
- ΠΙΚΡΩ — bitterly, sharply, severely, harshly, grievously
- ΠΙΚΡΩΝ — of bitter, of harsh, of painful, of grievous
- ΠΙΚΡΩΣ — bitterly, grievously, harshly, severely, painfully
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