Quick Definition
πικρία, ας, ἡ n.f. bitterness
Strong's Definition
from 4089; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively
KJV Usage: bitterness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | πικραίνω
79.40 · Features of Objects · Sweet, Bitter, Tasteless
Collocation: εἰς χολὴν πικρίας εἰμί
bitterness, bitter with a bitter taste (occurring only in the idiom χολὴ πικρίας) As a part of the idiom εἰς χολὴν πικρίας εἰμί, πικρίας is to be understood in a literal sense but the idiom as such means to be particularly envious or resentful of someone (see 88.166).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πικρία, -as, 7, (πικρός), bitterness: χολὴ πικρίας, 1. q. χολὴ πικρά [W. 34, 8 b.; B. § 132, 10], bitter gall, i. 4. extreme wickedness, Acts viii. 23; ῥίζα πικρίας [reff. as above], a bitter root, and so producing bitter fruit, Heb. xii. 15 (fr. Deut. xxix. 18 cod. Alex.), cf. Bleek ad loc. ; metaph. bitterness, i.e. bitter hatred, Eph. iv. 31; of speech, Ro. iii. 14 after Ps. ix. 28 (x.7). (In various uses in Sept., [Dem., Aristot.], Theophr., Polyb., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πικρία pikria 4x
bitterness, Acts 8:23; Heb. 12:15; met. bitterness of spirit and language, harshness, Rom. 3:14; Eph. 4:31*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πικρία, -ας, ἡ
(< πικρός), [in LXX chiefly for מַר, מָרָה and cognate forms;]
bitterness; of taste (Arist., Je 15:17, al.);
metaph., of temper, character, etc.: Ro 3:14(LXX), Eph 4:31; ῥίζα πικρίας, He 12:15; χολὴ π., a malignant disposition, Ac 8:23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πικρία is properly ‘fan embittered and resentful spirit which refuses reconciliation ’’ (Robinson ad Eph 431). For a father counsels his son not to be too buoyed up in view of ‘‘the hardness of the times’”—t}v τοῦ καιροῦ πικρίαν. An interesting ex. of the word occurs in P Leid W*i- 4 (ii/iii A.D.) (=I. p. 121) ἐφάνη διὰ τῆς πυί -οι)κρίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Νοῦς. We may add Vett. Val. p. 2491" πικρίας Seomdte. MGr πίκρα, ‘ bitterness,” ‘‘ sorrow.” , πικρὸς
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πικρία (pikria) — bitterness. πικρ-ία, ἡ, bitterness:
1. of taste, [LXX+4th c.BC+]
2. of temper, τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς π. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσι π. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις π. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. of circumstances, ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]