Quick Definition
I embitter, provoke, irritate
Strong's Definition
to embitter alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G4087 (πικραίνω);
KJV Usage: provoke
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραπικραίνω: 1 aorist παρεπίκρανα; (see παρά, IV. 3); the Sept. chiefly for ξΘψΘδ, δΔξΐψΘδ, to be rebellious, contumacious, refractory; also for ρΘψΗψ, δΔλΐςΔιρ, etc.; to provoke, exasperate; to rouse to indignation: absolutely, (yet so that God is thought of as the one provoked), Heb_3:16. as in Psa_105:7 (); (); (); Eze_2:5-8; with τόν Θεόν added, Jeremiah 39:29 (); (); Psa_5:11; Eze_20:21, and often; in the passive, Lam_1:20; joined with ὀργίζεσθαι, Philo de alleg. legg. iii. § 38; with πληροῦσθαι ὀργῆς δικαίας, vita Moys. i. § 55 (others πάνυ πικρ.); παραπικραίνειν καί παροργίζειν, de somn. ii. § 26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παραπικραίνω parapikrainō 1x
pr. to incite to bitter feelings; to provoke; absol. to act provokingly, be rebellious, Heb_3:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† παρα -πικραίνω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4775 qal., hi ., H4805 , most freq . in Psa and Eze;]
to embitter, provoke: absol. (yet sc . τ . θεόν , cf. Psa_106:7 , Eze_2:5-8 , al. , and with τὸν θ . added, Psa_5:4 , Eze_20:21 , al. ), Heb_3:16 ( cf. παραπικρασμός ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παραπικραίνω [page 488]
provoke (= παροργίζω , Hesych.), is regarded by Moffatt ( ICC ad Heb_3:16 ) as a LXX coinage to express rebellious with a further sense of provoking or angering God. In Deu_32:16 it is parallel to παροξύνω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παραπικραίνω "to embitter, provoke", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παρα-πικραίνω
[in LXX chiefly for מָרַד qal., hi., מְרִי, most frequently in Psa and Eze ;]
to embitter, provoke: absol. (yet sc. τ. θεόν, cf. Psa.106:7, Eze.2:5-8, al., and with τὸν θ. added, Psa.5:4, Eze.20:21, al.), Heb.3:16 (cf. παραπικρασμός).†
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