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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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πικραίνω

Strong’s: G4087

Associated OET lemmas: πικραίνω

Other spellings: πικραίνομαι

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: πικραίνω; fut.; πικρανῶ; πικραίνω; aor.pass.; ἐπικράνθην

Related lemmas: παραπικραίνω · παραπικρασμός · πικρία · πικρός · πικρῶς

Sense 1: to make bitter

Semantic entry: 79.42

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Sweet, Bitter, Tasteless

Definition: to cause something to become bitter

REV 8:11: RV REV 8:11 · LV REV 8:11 · Read together REV 8:11

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OET-RV REV 8:11

11 That star is named ‘Bitterness’ and a third of those waters turned bitter. Many people died from the waters, because they became poisonous.

OET-LV REV 8:11

11 and the name of_the star is_being_called which Wormwood.
And became the third of_the waters into wormwood, and many of_the people died_off from the waters, because they_were_made_bitter.

REV 10:9: RV REV 10:9 · LV REV 10:9 · Read together REV 10:9

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OET-RV REV 10:9

9 So I went to the messenger and asked him to give me the little scroll, and he answered, “Take it and eat it. At first it’ll taste sweet like honey, but afterwards it’ll be uncomfortable in your stomach.”

OET-LV REV 10:9

9 And I_went_away to the messenger, telling to_him to_give to_me the little_scroll.
And he_is_saying to_me:
Take and devour it, and it_will_be_making_bitter of_you the stomach, but in the mouth of_you, it_will_be sweet as honey.
All 3 recorded passages for this sense

REV: RV REV 8:11 · RV REV 10:9–10 · LV REV 8:11 · LV REV 10:9–10 · Read together REV 8:11 · Read together REV 10:9–10

Sense 2: to be embittered, to have bitter hate

Semantic entry: 88.202

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Hate, Hateful

Definition: (derivative of πικρία [source selector 000001][b] ‘bitterness,’ 88.201: πικρία) to have bitter resentment or hatred toward someone else

Forms: πικραίνομαι

COL 3:19: RV COL 3:19 · LV COL 3:19 · Read together COL 3:19

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OET-RV COL 3:19

19 You husbands should love your wives—don’t become bitter towards them.

OET-LV COL 3:19

19 The Husbands, be_loving your wives, and be_ not _being_embittered toward them.