Strong's #4088: pikria (pronounced pik-ree'-ah)

from 4089; acridity (especially poison), literally or figuratively:--bitterness.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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pikria

1) bitter gall

1a) extreme wickedness

1b) a bitter root, and so producing a bitter fruit

1c) metaphorically bitterness, bitter hatred

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G4089

Citing in TDNT: 6:122, 839

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Acts 8:23: "art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."
Romans 3:14: "is full of cursing and bitterness:"
Ephesians 4:31: "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor,"
Hebrews 12:15: "lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and"