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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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.
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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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