Strong’s G4089 · Greek
πικρός
pikrós · pik-ros'
Origin perhaps from πήγνυμι (G4078) (through the idea of piercing);
Meaning sharp (pungent), i.e. acrid (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version bitter.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- James 3:11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
- James 3:14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.