πικρία, πικρίας, ἡ (πικρός), bitterness: χολήπικρίας, equivalent to χολήπικρά (Winers Grammar, 34, 3 b.; Buttmann, § 132, 10), bitter gall, equivalent to extreme wickedness, Acts 8:23; ῤίζαπικρίας (references as above), a bitter root, and so producing bitter fruit, Hebrews 12:15 (from Deuteronomy 29:18, the Alex. manuscript), cf. Bleek at the passage; metaphorically, bitterness, i. e. bitter hatred, Ephesians 4:31; of speech, Romans 3:14 after Psalm 9:28 (). (In various uses in the Sept. (Demosthenes, Aristotle), Theophrastus, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)
Acts 8:23 - N-GFS GRK:γὰρ χολὴν πικρίας καὶ σύνδεσμον NAS: that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage KJV: the gall of bitterness, and INT: indeed a gall of bitterness and a bond
Romans 3:14 - N-GFS GRK:ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει NAS: IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS; KJV: of cursing and bitterness: INT: of cursing and of bitterness is full
Ephesians 4:31 - N-NFS GRK:πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς NAS: Let all bitterness and wrath and anger KJV: Let all bitterness, and wrath, INT: All bitterness and anger
Hebrews 12:15 - N-GFS GRK:τις ῥίζα πικρίας ἄνω φύουσα NAS: root of bitterness springing KJV: any root of bitterness springing up INT: any root of bitterness up springing
