- Original: πικραίνω - Transliteration: Pikraino - Phonetic: pik-rah'-ee-no - Definition: 1. to make bitter a. to produce a bitter taste in the stomach 2. to embitter. exasperate a. render angry, indignant b. to be embittered, irritated c. to visit with bitterness, to grieve (deal bitterly with) - Origin: from G4089 - TDNT entry: 08:02,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4089 ; to embitter (literally or figuratively): - be (make) bitter. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • bitter, 4 Colossians 3:19; Revelation 8:11; Revelation 10:9; Revelation 10:10