KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.
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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 1:10
Complete exact-word concordance
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
The heart knoweth his owne bitternesse; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his ioy.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the bitternesse of his soule.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
A foolish sonne is a griefe to his father, & bitternes to her that bare him.
1611 marginal noteChap. 10.1. & 15.20. and 19.13.
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