218 occurrences in 13 translations

'Bitter' in the Bible

And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveDepression, SymptomsLove, And The WorldFear, Of DeathNot Seeing PeopleSoliloquyFear Of DeathOthers MourningDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Motherdistance

They made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.

Verse ConceptsTroubling Individuals

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleSelf PitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVoicesBeing BitterPeople BlessingBitterness

And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

Now the land was in bitter need of food.

Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothingThose Who Tore Clothes

A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyFierce MenAngry People

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsBereavement, Experience OfLamentingSevenWeeksSeven DaysBeyond JordanMourning The Death Of Others

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Verse ConceptsBricksOppression, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of PeopleBitternessSuccess And Hard Work

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

Verse ConceptsBread, Kinds OfBitter HerbsEating Before GodBitter FoodHerbsEating Meatcooking

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Verse ConceptsPoisonBitter WaterPeople Naming ThingsBitterness

Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingOilAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingOil On SacrificesEphah [Ten Omers]Regulations For Cereal OfferingsThose Jealous For People

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingBad WaterBitter WaterOther References To HairRegulations For Cereal OfferingsThose Jealous For People

And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

Verse ConceptsScrollsWritingBitter WaterRepulsive FoodJudgements WrittenBitternesscurses

And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

Verse ConceptsBitter WaterRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitternessInfidelity

And he will take some of it in his hand, burning it on the altar as a sign, and then he will give the woman the bitter water.

Verse ConceptsRepulsive Food

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.

Verse ConceptsThose Jealous For PeopleEmotions

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Verse ConceptsMonthBitter HerbsTwilightMonth 2Bitter Food

And in Moab there was great fear of the people, because their numbers were so great: and the feeling of Moab was bitter against the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfFearing Other PeopleMany In Israel

And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.

Verse ConceptsCannibalismWomb

And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

Verse ConceptsCannibalismActing In SecretBirth

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

Verse ConceptsHuman WillFamilies, Nature OfFalse ConfidenceHeart, HumanParticipation, In SinPoisonRootsFruits Of SinBitter FoodBitterness

They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

Verse ConceptsDecayPoisonTeethWasteFamine ComingFamine Will Comehunger

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

Verse ConceptsPoisondissatisfactionBitterness

A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilAngels, Ministry To UnbelieversCursing The UngodlyNo Helpcurses

And the sons of Dan say unto him, 'Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life of thy household;'

Verse ConceptsBad AttitudeCurbing SpeechFierce Men

And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.

Verse ConceptsShrinesSittingVoicesWeepingAction Until Evening

would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.”

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGrowing UpPeople WaitingNot MarryingWaiting Till Marriage

“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

Verse ConceptsDisappointments, Examples OfPeople Renaming PeopleGod TroublingPeople With Apt NamesDepressionBitterness

Do not regard your maidservant as a wicked and worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [bitter] provocation.”

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartComplaintsSorrow

All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines; and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionThe Mighty Men

Then Samuel said, "Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites." So Agag came to him trembling, thinking to himself, "Surely death is bitter!"

Verse ConceptsOptimismNot DyingDeath AvertedBitterness

and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredDepressionDebtheartbroken

Then David gave way to bitter grief, and so did all the men who were with him:

Verse ConceptsThose Who Tore Clothes

Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?”

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEternal Judgement

And Hushai saith, 'Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they are heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father is a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;

Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeBearsBereavementFierce MenReady For War

And the salvation of that day was changed to sorrow for all the people: for it was said to the people, The king is in bitter grief for his son.

Verse ConceptsSorrowPeople Mourning CatastropheDeath

Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the sword.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.

Verse ConceptsSoundHearing ThingsPretendingFeet In Action

The king of Israel went home to Samaria bitter and angry.

Verse ConceptsAngry People

So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, "I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance." He lay down on his bed, pouted, and would not eat.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against GodSadnessTemperUnhappinessAnger, Sinful ExamplesLying Down To RestAngry People

Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, "Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?"

Verse ConceptsNamed Wivesjezebel

And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, 'Let her alone, for her soul is bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden it from me, and hath not declared it to me.'

Verse ConceptsGraspingLeave Them AloneGod's Things ConcealedMan Of God

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

Verse ConceptsReceptivenessSuffering, Of The InnocentGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonNo Help

Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfPride, Results OfVoicesAudacity

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfCommitment, to GodWeepingOthers MourningPeople Mourning Catastrophe

Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes.

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanAnger, Sinful Examples

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesAshesLamentingThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseRobesSprinklingTearing Of ClothesWeepingSeeing At A DistanceDust On The HeadNot Recognising PeopleThose Who Tore Clothes

Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualWearinessWeariness Of Life

"In addition, I won't keep my opinion to myself; I'll speak from my distressed spirit; I'll complain with my bitter soul.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBeing BitterResentment, Against GodAnguish, Cause

He doesn’t let me catch my breathbut soaks me with bitter experiences.

Verse ConceptsHaving No BreathBitternessCompetitionbreathingrelaxation

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinLimitations Of YouthJudgements Writtenaccusations

Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

Verse ConceptsCheeksRidicule, Objects OfSmitten CheeksSmiting Of The Righteous

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

Verse ConceptsMockerymockers

His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

Verse ConceptsSnakesBitter Food

Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,having never tasted prosperity.

Verse ConceptsBitterness

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

Verse ConceptsTasteIs God Unjust?Bitterness

O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

Verse ConceptsChastisementMusicMusical Instruments, types ofDispleasureGod Angry With IndividualsGod Requite Them!instruments

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

Verse ConceptsEvil PlansTrapEvil DevicesPlottingConspiracySchedulesGod's PlanTrusting God's PlanThe DevilProtection From EnemiesGods PlanGod's Plan For Usimagination

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

Verse ConceptsHatredPeople Being Hated

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionBullyingTemperWorryControlling AngerAnger ManagementDo Not Be Anxiouswrath

O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

Verse ConceptsChastisementDispleasureGod Angry With IndividualsGod Requite Them!

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

Verse ConceptsInsultsMan AvengingRevenge

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfSharpeningArrows

My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfFasting In Mourning

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPersecution, Nature OfGod Beating PeopleHurtharassment

When I chose to be bitter I was emotionally pained.

Verse ConceptsConviction Of SinBitterness

Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineRevival, Nature OfFools, Description OfAudacityUnceasingContinual SinGod ArisingFools Attitude To God

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

Verse ConceptsFaultsTablesInfidelity To GodSkepticismGod Feeds All The Earth

He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.

Verse ConceptsSycamoresDestroying VineyardsFrostCold Weather

But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

Verse ConceptsTesting GodThey Do Not Keep Commands

Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord's Anointedfootstepsfootprints

For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingLipsResisting Holy SpiritRash People

Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

Verse ConceptsI Keep The Commandments

There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

Verse ConceptsGod's WaysLife, Of FaithRebukeReproofDeath For Other ReasonsRejecting Reprooffate

Bible Theasaurus

Bitterly (51 instances)
Blistering (1 instance)
Malicious (32 instances)
Sulfurous (1 instance)
Sulphurous (1 instance)
Taint (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מרה מר 
Mar 
Usage: 38

מרורה מררה 
M@rorah 
Usage: 4

πικραίνω 
Pikraino 
Usage: 4

ארר 
'arar 
Usage: 63

ממר 
memer 
Usage: 1

מרּה 
Morrah 
Usage: 1

מרי 
M@riy 
Usage: 23

מרירוּת 
M@riyruwth 
Usage: 1

מרירי 
M@riyriy 
Usage: 1

מרר 
Marar 
Usage: 16

מרור מרר 
M@ror 
Usage: 3

קפּד קפּוד 
Qippowd 
Usage: 3

תּמרוּר 
Tamruwr 
Usage: 3

πικρία 
Pikria 
Usage: 4

πικρός 
Pikros 
Usage: 2

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