1 Samuel 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
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Bitterness
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Hebrews 12:15
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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מַר
mar · mar
10 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: 1 Samuel 1:10Strong's last: Ezekiel 27:31
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pikría · pik-ree'-ah
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--bitterness.
Strong's first: Acts 8:23Strong's last: Hebrews 12:15
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mârar · maw-rar'
3 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: Lamentations 1:4Strong's last: Zechariah 12:10
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memer · meh'-mer
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
sorrow
Strong's KJV usage: bitterness.
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:25Strong's last: Proverbs 17:25
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mamrôr · mam-rore'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) calamity
Strong's KJV usage: bitterness.
Strong's first: Job 9:18Strong's last: Job 9:18
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morrâh · mor-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
trouble
Strong's KJV usage: bitterness.
Strong's first: Proverbs 14:10Strong's last: Proverbs 14:10
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mᵉrîyrûwth · mer-ee-rooth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) grief
Strong's KJV usage: bitterness.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 21:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:6
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mᵉrôr · mer-ore'
1 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: Lamentations 3:15Strong's last: Lamentations 3:15
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H4751
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
H4751
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
H4751
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
H4751
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
H4472
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
H4751
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
H4751
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
H4787
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
H4470
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
H4751
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
H4751
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
H4843
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
H4844
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
H4751
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
H4814
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
H4751
And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
H4843
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
H4843
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
G4088
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
G4088
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
G4088
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
G4088
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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bitterness
BIT'TERNESS, noun [from bitter.] A bitter taste; or rather a quality in things which excites a biting disagreeable sensation in the tongue.
1. In a figurative sense, extreme enmity, grudge, hatred; or rather an excessive degree or implacableness of passions and emotions; as the bitterness of anger. Ephesians 4:31.
2. Sharpness; severity of temper.
3. Keenness of reproach; piquancy; biting sarcasm.
4. Keen sorrow; painful affliction; vexation; deep distress of mind.
Hannah was in bitterness of soul. 1 Samuel 1:10. Job 7:11.
In the gall of bitterness in a state of extreme impiety or enmity to God. Acts 8:23.
Root of bitterness a dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy. Hebrews 12:15.
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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