Lexical Summary pikrainō: to make bitter Original Word: πικραίνωTransliteration: pikrainō Phonetic Spelling: (pik-rah'-ee-no) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to make bitter Meaning: to make bitter Strong's Concordance embitter. From pikros; to embitter (literally or figuratively) -- be (make) bitter. see GREEK pikros Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4087: πικραίνωπικραίνω: future πικράνω; passive, present πικραίνομαι; 1 aorist ἐπικρανθην; (πικρός, which see); 1. properly, to make bitter: τά ὕδατα, passive, Revelation 8:11; τήν κοιλίαν, to produce a bitter taste in the stomach (Vulg.amarico), Revelation 10:9f. 2. tropically, to embitter, exasperate, i. e. render angry, indignant; passive, to be embittered, irritated (Plato, Demosthenes, others): πρός τινα, Colossians 3:19 (Athen. 6, p. 242 c.; ἐπί τινα, Exodus 16:20; Jeremiah 44:15 |