Biblical Greek

greek #4089 - πικρός, ά, όν pikros (bitter)

Original Word:	πικρός, ά, όν
Transliteration:	pikros
Definition:	bitter, sharp
Part of Speech:	Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:	(pik-ros')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bitter.

Perhaps from pegnumi (through the idea of piercing); sharp (pungent), i.e. Acrid (literally or figuratively) -- bitter.

see GREEK pegnumi

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 4089: πικρός

πικρός, πικρά, πικρόν (from the root meaning 'to cut,' 'prick'; Vanicek, 534; Curtius, § 100; Fick 1:145), from Homer down, the Sept. for מַר; bitter: properly, James 3:11 (opposed to τόγλυκύ); metaphorically, harsh, virulent,James 3:14.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 4089. πικρός (pikros) — 2 Occurrences

James 3:11 - Adj-ANS
GRK:καὶ τὸ πικρόν
NAS: [both] fresh and bitter [water]?
KJV: sweet [water] and bitter?
INT: and bitter

James 3:14 - Adj-AMS
GRK:δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ
NAS: you have bitter jealousy
KJV: if ye have bitter envying and
INT: moreover jealousy bitter you have and

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