NT.filter - rwp pikria:

rwp@Acts:8:23 @{That thou art} (\se onta\). Participle in indirect discourse after \hor\ (I see). {In the gall of bitterness} (\eis choln pikrias\). Old word from \cholas\ either from \che\, to pour, or \chlo\, yellowish green, bile or gall. In the N.T. only in strkjv@Matthew:27:34| and here. In LXX in sense of wormwood as well as bile. See strkjv@Deuteronomy:29:18; strkjv@32:32; strkjv@Lamentations:3:15; strkjv@Job:16:14|. "Gall and bitterness" in strkjv@Deuteronomy:29:18|. Here the gall is described by the genitive \pikrias\ as consisting in "bitterness." In strkjv@Hebrews:12:15| "a root of bitterness," a bitter root. This word \pikria\ in the N.T. only here and strkjv@Hebrews:12:15; strkjv@Romans:3:14; strkjv@Ephesians:4:31|. The "bond of iniquity" (\sundesmon adikias\) is from strkjv@Isaiah:58:6|. Paul uses this word of peace (Ephesians:4:3|), of love (Colossians:3:14|), of the body (Colossians:2:19|). Peter describes Simon's offer as poison and a chain.

rwp@Ephesians:4:31 @{Bitterness} (\pikria\). Old word from \pikros\ (bitter), in N.T. only here and strkjv@Acts:8:23; strkjv@Romans:3:14; strkjv@Hebrews:12:15|. {Clamour} (\kraug\). Old word for outcry (Matthew:25:6; strkjv@Luke:1:42|). See strkjv@Colossians:3:8| for the other words. {Be put away} (\artht\). First aorist passive imperative of \air\, old verb, to pick up and carry away, to make a clean sweep.

rwp@Hebrews:12:15 @{Looking carefully} (\episkopountes\). Present active participle of \episkope\, to have oversight, in N.T. only here and strkjv@1Peter:5:2|. Cf. \episcopos\ (bishop). {Lest there be any man} (\m tis\). Negative purpose clause with \ei\ (present active subjunctive) omitted. {Falleth short of} (\hustern apo\). Present active participle of \hustere\ (see strkjv@4:1|) agreeing with \tis\. Followed here by \apo\ and the ablative. {Root of bitterness}. (\riza pikrias\). Quoted from strkjv@Deuteronomy:29:18|. Vivid picture. {Springing up} (\an phuousa\). Present active participle of \phu\, to sprout. Pictured here as a quick process. Also from strkjv@Deuteronomy:29:18|. {Trouble} (\enochli\). Present active subjunctive (in final clause with \m tis\) of \enochle\, old verb to trouble with a crowd, to annoy. In N.T. only here and strkjv@Luke:6:18|. {Be defiled} (\mianthsin\). First aorist passive subjunctive (in final clause with \m\) of \mian\, old verb to dye, to stain, to defile as in strkjv@Titus:1:15| (the conscience). The contagion of sin is terrible as any disease.

rwp@Revelation:8:11 @{Wormwood} (\ho Apsinthos\). Absinthe. Usually feminine (\h\), but masculine here probably because \astr\ is masculine. Only here in N.T. and not in LXX (\pikria\, bitterness, \chol\, gall, etc.) except by Aquila in strkjv@Proverbs:5:4; strkjv@Jeremiah:9:15; strkjv@23:15|. There are several varieties of the plant in Palestine. {Became wormwood} (\egeneto eis apsinthon\). This use of \eis\ in the predicate with \ginomai\ is common in the LXX and the N.T. (16:19; strkjv@John:16:20; strkjv@Acts:5:36|). {Of the waters} (\ek tn hudatn\). As a result of (\ek\) the use of the poisoned waters. {Were made bitter} (\epikranthsan\). First aorist passive indicative of \pikrain\. Old verb (from \pikros\, bitter), as in strkjv@10:9f|. In a metaphorical sense to embitter in strkjv@Colossians:3:19|.