Bitterness
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Bitterness (37 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BITTER; BITTERNESS. bit ...
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Wormwood (10 Occurrences)
... It is noted for its intense bitterness (Deuteronomy 29:18; Proverbs 5:4; Jeremiah
9:15; Amos 5:7). It is a type of bitterness, affliction, remorse, punitive ...
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Gall (17 Occurrences)
... (1) Hebrews mererah, meaning "bitterness" (Job 16:13); ie, the bile secreted in
the liver. ... 3. (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor. ...
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Marah (4 Occurrences)
...Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Exodus 15:23, 24;
Numbers 33:8) whose waters were so bitter that they could not drink them. ...
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Bitter (203 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery,
and servitude (Exodus 1:14; Ruth 1:20; Jeremiah 9:15). ...
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Brings (155 Occurrences)
... offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of
bitterness that brings a curse. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Numbers 5 ...
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Grief (252 Occurrences)
... Version, margin "or pain"; Isaiah 53:3, "a man of sorrows"; 53:4, "Surely he hath
carried our sorrows"); marah and marar indicate "bitterness" (Genesis 26:35 ...
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Intermeddle (1 Occurrence)
... once (Proverbs 14:10) in a passage descriptive of "the ultimate solitude of each
man's soul at all times." "The heart knoweth its own bitterness." "Nor even ...
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Mourneth (14 Occurrences)
... and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him,
as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one ...
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Sigh (18 Occurrences)
... do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate,
her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness...
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Adultery (49 Occurrences)
... the woman is compelled by the law (Numbers 5:11-30) to submit to an ordeal, or God's
judgment, which consists in her drinking the water of bitterness, that is ...
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Grieve (29 Occurrences)
... Version, margin "or pain"; Isaiah 53:3, "a man of sorrows"; 53:4, "Surely he hath
carried our sorrows"); marah and marar indicate "bitterness" (Genesis 26:35 ...
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Refrain (33 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever?
Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? ...
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Supplications (32 Occurrences)
... and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him,
as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one ...
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Anguish (75 Occurrences)
... silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the
bitterness of my soul. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Mourning (85 Occurrences)
... Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate,
her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted -- and she hath bitterness...
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Root (54 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 12:3, 12); "root that beareth gall" (Deuteronomy 29:18); "Their root shall
be as rottenness" (Isaiah 5:24); "root of bitterness" (Hebrews 12:15). ...
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Rage (43 Occurrences)
... NIV). Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander,
be put away from you, with all malice. (See NIV). Colossians ...
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Jealousy (54 Occurrences)
... See ADULTERY, (2). WATER OF BITTERNESS (OR OF JEALOUSY). See ADULTERY, (2). ... The priest
shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse. ...
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Groan (32 Occurrences)
... do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate,
her priests do sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness...
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Defile (63 Occurrences)
... and unbelieving" (Titus 1:15); "conscience being weak is defiled" (by concession
to idolatry.) (1 Corinthians 8:7); "lest any root of bitterness springing up ...
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Mourned (54 Occurrences)
... And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like
a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like ...
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Curse (211 Occurrences)
... jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings
a curse. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Herbs (24 Occurrences)
... Later on the Passover ritual (as it does today) laid emphasis on the idea
of "bitterness" as symbolical of Israel's lot in Egypt. ...
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Wrath (503 Occurrences)
... sadness (Psalm 85:4), a frown or turning away of the face in grief or anger (2
Chronicles 26:19 Jeremiah 3:12), indignation (Psalm 38:3), bitterness (Judges 18 ...
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Anger (387 Occurrences)
... sadness (Psalm 85:4), a frown or turning away of the face in grief or anger (2
Chronicles 26:19 Jeremiah 3:12), indignation (Psalm 38:3), bitterness (Judges 18 ...
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Bittern (4 Occurrences)

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Water (4571 Occurrences)
...BITTERNESS, WATER OF. See ADULTERY (2). JEALOUSY, WATER OF. See ADULTERY,
(2). WATER OF BITTERNESS (OR OF JEALOUSY). See ADULTERY, (2). ...
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Wept (78 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). 1 Samuel 1:10 She was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed to Yahweh, and wept sore. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bringeth (313 Occurrences)
... 5:24 and he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that bringeth the curse,
that the water that bringeth the curse may enter into her for bitterness. ...
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Vent (8 Occurrences)
... Vent (8 Occurrences). Job 10:1 "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course
to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. (See NAS). ...
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Vexation (36 Occurrences)
... shame. (See JPS ASV DBY RSV). Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to
his father, And bitterness to her that bare him. (See JPS). ...
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Naomi (25 Occurrences)
... When greeted on her return, she told the women of the town to call her, not no`omi
("pleasantness"), but marah ("bitterness"), "for," she said, "the Almighty ...
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Unbind (2 Occurrences)
... which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand
the water of bitterness that brings a curse. (See RSV). ...
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Unfaithfulness (27 Occurrences)
... have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the
water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her ...
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Utterance (21 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV YLT RSV). Job 10:1 "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course
to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. (See RSV). ...
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Or (15123 Occurrences)
... SPIRIT, UNCLEAN (OR EVIL). See DEMON, DEMONIAC. WATER OF BITTERNESS (OR OF JEALOUSY).
See ADULTERY, (2). Multi-Version Concordance Or (15123 Occurrences). ...
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Overwhelm (18 Occurrences)
... for your friend. (KJV DBY WBS). Job 9:18 He will not allow me to catch my
breath, but fills me with bitterness. (See NIV). Job 12:15 ...
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Outcry (56 Occurrences)
... spirit? (BBE). Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry,
and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. (WEB). ...
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Judicial (2 Occurrences)
... Job 9:24 declares in his bitterness that God "covereth the faces of the
judges"-inflicts judicial blindness on them so that justice in this world is out ...
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Jo'ab (120 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour
forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? ...
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Lacks (27 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:15 watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any
root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; (DBY). ...
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Latter (91 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever?
Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? ...
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Lain (57 Occurrences)
... woman, "If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness,
being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings ...
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Loosen (8 Occurrences)
... the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy;
and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth ...
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Loathe (19 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Job 10:1 "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my
complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. (See NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Grows (46 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace
of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be ...
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Gateways (6 Occurrences)
... Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate,
her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted -- and she hath bitterness...
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Gaily (2 Occurrences)
... Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to him gaily. And Agag said, Surely
the bitterness of death is past. (DBY). Ezekiel 16:16 You ...
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Woman's (20 Occurrences)
... jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings
a curse. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Numbers ...
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Withhold (32 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV). Job 7:11 Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the
distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul. (YLT). ...
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Insulting (10 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness and all passionate feeling, all anger and loud
insulting language, be unknown among you--and also every kind of malice. (WEY). ...
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Immune (1 Occurrence)
... woman, "If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness,
being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings ...
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Injurious (8 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour,
and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice; (DBY). ...
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Failing (12 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:15 looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God,
lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this ...
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Falleth (119 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:15 looking carefully lest 'there be' any man that falleth short of the
grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble 'you', and ...
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Fills (20 Occurrences)
... Let the field exult, and all that is therein! (See RSV). Job 9:18 He will not allow
me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness. (WEB RSV). ...
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Filleth (16 Occurrences)
... shouting, (YLT). Job 9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth
me with bitterness. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Psalms 80 ...
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Thereby (42 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any
root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; (KJV ...
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Tasteth (3 Occurrences)
... tasteth its food? (See JPS ASV DBY). Job 21:25 And another dieth in bitterness
of soul, And never tasteth of good. (ASV). Job 34:3 ...
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Thighs (11 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Ezekiel 21:6 Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs
and with bitterness you will sigh before their eyes. (WEB). ...
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Tastes (7 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Job 21:25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes
of good. (WEB). Job 34:3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food. ...
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Tasted (18 Occurrences)
... tasted by the mouth? (BBE). Job 21:25 And another dieth in bitterness of
soul, And never tasteth of good. (See JPS DBY RSV). Job 34:3 ...
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Rue (1 Occurrence)
... grace. It is used in medicine. 3. (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment;
grief; regret. 4. (vt) To cause to grieve; to afflict. ...
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Restrain (31 Occurrences)
... Job 7:11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of
my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (DBY WBS NAS RSV). ...
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Railing (9 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing,
be put away from you, with all malice: (ASV). Colossians ...
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Rocky (14 Occurrences)
... Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison,
and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness; (WEB NIV). ...
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Rein (3 Occurrences)
... Job 10:1 "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint.
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. (See NIV). ...
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Reminder (13 Occurrences)
... meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of
bitterness that brings a curse. (See NIV). Numbers 10:10 ...
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Nazarene (19 Occurrences)
... name "Nazarene," the Jews, who opposed and rejected Christ, poured out all the vials
of their antagonism, and the word became a Jewish heritage of bitterness. ...
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Ere (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever?
knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? ...
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Enjoyed (16 Occurrences)
... years. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Job 21:25 Another dies in bitterness
of soul, and never tastes of good. (See NIV). Ecclesiastes ...
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Evil-speaking (5 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and
evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (WBS YLT). ...
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Elim (5 Occurrences)
... It was a contrast to the previous camp called "Marah" because of the bitterness
of the waters, for there "were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten ...
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Everyone's (8 Occurrences)
... caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made
it as a mourning 'of' an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness. ...
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Embittered (12 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 3:14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness,
in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me. ...
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Defiled (119 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:15 looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace
of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be ...
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Daintily (2 Occurrences)
... Samuel 15:32 and Samuel saith, 'Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and
Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, 'Surely the bitterness of death ...
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Degenerate (1 Occurrence)
... Hebrew curim = "stray" or "degenerate (shoots)," from cur = "to turn aside," especially
to turn aside from the right path (Greek pikria, literally, "bitterness...
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