Words the Bible translates as bitter
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pikrosπικρόςbitternot studied yet
- marמַרbitter: sharp and unpleasant to the taste, and by extension anything that brings grief or hardship
- meriמְרִיrebellion: a stubborn refusal to listen to and obey the authority you are bound to, above all God
- mararמָרַרto be bitter, or to make bitter: the sharp taste of gall stretched to cover grief, hardship, and fierce anger
- meririמְרִירִיbitternot studied yet
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