from a root pik, meaning “to cut, to prick,” hence, lit., “pointed, sharp, keen, pungent to the sense of taste, smell, etc.,” is found in Jam 3:11<\/span>, Jam 3:14<\/span>. In Jam 3:11<\/span> it has its natural sense, with reference to water; in Jam 3:14<\/span> it is used metaphorically of jealousy, RV. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n related to A, signifies, in the Active Voice, “to be bitter,” Col 3:19<\/span>, or “to embitter, irritate, or to make bitter,” Rev 10:9<\/span>; the Passive Voice, “to be made bitter,” is used in Rev 8:11<\/span>; Rev 10:10<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n denotes “bitterness.” It is used in Act 8:23<\/span>, metaphorically, of a condition of extreme wickedness, “gall of bitterness” or “bitter gal;” in Rom 3:14<\/span>, of evil speaking; in Eph 4:31<\/span>, of “bitter” hatred; in Heb 12:15<\/span>, in the same sense, metaphorically, of a root of “bitterness,” producing “bitter” fruit. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “bitterly,” is used of the poignant grief of Peter’s weeping for his denial of Christ, Mat 26:75<\/span>; Luk 22:62<\/span>. <\/p>\n Note: In the Sept., pikros (not in the NT), “a bitter herb,” is used in Exo 12:8<\/span>; Num 9:11<\/span>. <\/p>\n Bitter, Bitterly, Bitterness from a root pik, meaning “to cut, to prick,” hence, lit., “pointed, sharp, keen, pungent to the sense of taste, smell, etc.,” is found in Jam 3:11, Jam 3:14. In Jam 3:11 it has its natural sense, with reference to water; in Jam 3:14 it is used metaphorically of jealousy, RV. related … Continue reading “Bitter, Bitterly, Bitterness”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"