Proverbs 1:5
bitter (-ness, -ly)
Strongs Definition
H4751
מרה מר
mar mârâh
mar, maw-raw'
From H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly: - + angry, bitter (-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy.
H4843
מרר
mârar
maw-rar'
A primitive root; properly to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively make) bitter (literally or figuratively): - (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter (-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved (-eth), provoke, vex.H4752
מר
mar
mar
From H4843 in its original sense of distillation; a drop: - drop.H4843
מרר
mârar
maw-rar'
A primitive root; properly to trickle (see H4752); but used only as a denominative from H4751; to be (causatively make) bitter (literally or figuratively): -H4751
מרה מר
mar mârâh
mar, maw-raw'
From H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly: -
G4089
πικρός
pikros
pik-ros'
Perhaps from G4078 (through the idea of piercing); sharp (pungent), that is, acrid (literally or figuratively): - bitter.
G4078
πήγνυμι
pēgnumi
payg'-noo-mee
A prolonged form of a primary verb (which in its simpler form occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to fix (“peg”), that is, (specifically) to set up (a tent): -
Webster Definition
Bitter
BIT'TER, a.
1. Sharp, or biting to the taste; acrid; like wormwood.
2. Sharp; cruel; severe; as bitter enmity. Heb 1.
3. Sharp, as words, reproachful; sarcastic.
4. Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart; as a bitter cold day, or a bitter blast.
5. Painful to the mind; calamitous; poignant; as a bitter fate.
6. Afflicted; distressed.
The Egyptians made their lives bitter. Exo 1.
7. Hurtful; very sinful.
Is is an evil and bitter thing. Jer 2.
8. Mournful; distressing; expressive of misory; as a bitter complaint or lamentation. Job 23. Jer 6:31.
BIT'TER, n. A substance that is bitter. [See Bitter.]
BIT'TER, n. [See Bitts.] In marine language, a turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
Bitter-end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board, when the ship rides at anchor.