πικραίνωpikraínō
to make bitter: Revelation 10:9; passive, Revelation 8:11, Revelation 10:10; metaphorically, to embitter (LXX): passive, followed by πρός, Colossians 3:19.
Greek (New Testament) · G4087
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
- Revelation 8:11 The name of the star was Bitterness. It made one-third of the water bitter, and many people died from drinking the bitter water.
- Revelation 10:9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. “Yes, take it and eat it,” he said. “It will be sweet as honey in your mouth, but it will turn sour in your stomach!”
- Revelation 10:10 So I took the small scroll from the hand of the angel, and I ate it! It was sweet in my mouth, but when I swallowed it, it turned sour in my stomach.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.