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bitterness

Meaning of “bitterness”

1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.

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22 occurrences21 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 1:10

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Lamentations 1:4
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 1:4 · retained source text

The wayes of Zion do mourne, because none come to the solemne feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitternesse.

Lamentations 3:15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 3:15 · retained source text

Hee hath filled me with bitternesse, hee hath made me drunken with wormewood.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bitternesses.

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