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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Bitter

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

38exact KJV occurrences 32Old Testament 6New Testament 18books containing the word 11mapped Strong's IDs 36occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where bitter appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG4089
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

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HebrewH4784
מָרָה

mârâh · maw-raw'

1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences

v

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).

Strong's first: 2 Kings 14:26Strong's last: 2 Kings 14:26

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HebrewH4846
מְרֹרָה

mᵉrôrâh · mer-o-raw'

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom (of a serpent)

Strong's KJV usage: bitter (thing), gall.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:32Strong's last: Deuteronomy 32:32

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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38 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 27:34
H4751

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.

Exodus 1:14
H4843

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Exodus 12:8
H4844

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Exodus 15:23
H4751

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Numbers 5:18
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:

Numbers 5:19
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:

Numbers 5:23
H4751

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

Numbers 5:24
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.

Numbers 5:24
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.

Numbers 5:27
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.

Numbers 9:11
H4844

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Deuteronomy 32:24
H4815

They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

Deuteronomy 32:32
H4846

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

2 Kings 14:26
H4784

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

Esther 4:1
H4751

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Job 3:20
H4751

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Job 13:26
no direct Strong's tag

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Job 23:2
H4805

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Psalms 64:3
H4751

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Proverbs 5:4
H4751

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Proverbs 27:7
no direct Strong's tag

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
H4751

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Isaiah 5:20
H4751

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 5:20
H4751

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 24:9
H4843

They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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