Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #147611

SR GNT Yac 3:11 πικρόν (pikron) ‘is outflowing sweet and bitter’ Strongs=40890 Lemma=pikros
Word role=substantive adjective case=accusative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form πικρόν (S-ANS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πικρόν’ (S-ANS) is always and only glossed as ‘bitter’.

Yac (Jam) 3:11 ‘is outflowing sweet and bitter’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 3:11 word 15

OET-LV: 11 Surely _not the spring out _of of _the same hole is _outflowing the sweet and the bitter? (JAM_3:11)

OET-RV: 11 Surely a spring flowing out of a single cavity can’t produce both good-tasting and bitter water. (JAM 3:11)

Greek words (1) other than πικρόν (S-ANS) with a gloss related to ‘bitter’

YAC 3:14 πικρόν (pikron) A-AMS ‘if but jealousy bitter you_all are having and selfish_ambition’ SR GNT Yac 3:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 But if jealousy bitter you _all _are _having, and selfish _ambition in the heart of _you _all, not be _boasting and be _lying against the truth. (JAM_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 But if you are full of bitter jealousy or selfish ambition, don’t be boasting or denying the truth (JAM 3:14)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular ANS=accusative,neuter,singular