Genesis 27:34
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
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Bitter
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Revelation 10:10
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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7 occurrences in 6 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
33 verses
Numbers
76 verses
Deuteronomy
22 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
Esther
11 verses
Job
33 verses
Psalms
11 verses
Proverbs
22 verses
Ecclesiastes
11 verses
Isaiah
32 verses
Jeremiah
44 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Amos
11 verses
Habakkuk
11 verses
Colossians
11 verses
James
22 verses
Revelation
33 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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מַר
mar · mar
20 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Strong's KJV usage: angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, × great, heavy.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 27:34Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:6
Open full H4751 profile →πικραίνω
pikraínō · pik-rah'-ee-no
3 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to embitter (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (make) bitter.
Strong's first: Colossians 3:19Strong's last: Revelation 10:10
Open full G4087 profile →πικρός
pikrós · pik-ros'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
sharp (pungent), i.e. acrid (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bitter.
Strong's first: James 3:11Strong's last: James 3:14
Open full G4089 profile →מָרַר
mârar · maw-rar'
2 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 1:14Strong's last: Isaiah 24:9
Open full H4843 profile →מְרֹר
mᵉrôr · mer-ore'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a bitter herb
Strong's KJV usage: bitter(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 12:8Strong's last: Numbers 9:11
Open full H4844 profile →תַּמְרוּר
tamrûwr · tam-roor'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
bitterness (plural as collective)
Strong's KJV usage: × most bitter(-ly).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 6:26Strong's last: Jeremiah 31:15
Open full H8563 profile →κοιλία
koilía · koy-lee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
a cavity, i.e. (especially) the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart
Strong's KJV usage: :--belly, womb.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 10:9Strong's last: Revelation 10:9
Open full G2836 profile →מָרָה
mârâh · maw-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
Strong's KJV usage: bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 14:26Strong's last: 2 Kings 14:26
Open full H4784 profile →מְרִי
mᵉrîy · mer-ee'
1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious
Strong's KJV usage: bitter, (most) rebel(-lion, -lious).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 23:2Strong's last: Job 23:2
Open full H4805 profile →מְרִירִי
mᵉrîyrîy · mer-ee-ree'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
bitter, i.e. poisonous
Strong's KJV usage: bitter.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:24Strong's last: Deuteronomy 32:24
Open full H4815 profile →מְרֹרָה
mᵉrôrâh · mer-o-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent)
Strong's KJV usage: bitter (thing), gall.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:32Strong's last: Deuteronomy 32:32
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H4751
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
H4751
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
H4751
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
H4751
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
H4751
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
H4751
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
H4844
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
English meaning and historical usage.
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bitter
BIT'TER, adjective
1. Sharp, or biting to the taste; acrid; like wormwood.
2. Sharp; cruel; severe; as bitter enmity. Hebrews 1:1.
3. Sharp, as words, reproachful; sarcastic.
4. Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart; as a bitter cold day, or a bitter blast.
5. Painful to the mind; calamitous; poignant; as a bitter fate.
6. Afflicted; distressed.
The Egyptians made their lives bitter Exodus 1:14.
7. Hurtful; very sinful.
Is is an evil and bitter thing. Jeremiah 2:19.
8. Mournful; distressing; expressive of misory; as a bitter complaint or lamentation. Job 23:2. Jeremiah 6:26.
BIT'TER, noun A substance that is bitter [See bitter ]
BIT'TER, noun [See Bitts.] In marine language, a turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
Bitter-end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board, when the ship rides at anchor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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