Colossians 3:19

Οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ μὴ πικραίνεσθε πρὸς αὐτάς
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Οἱ
G3588 T-VPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἄνδρες
G435 N-VPM
anēr
a man (properly as an individual male)
  • with reference to sex
    • of a male
      • "of a husband"of a betrothed or future husband
    with reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy"any male"used generically of a group of both men and women
ἀγαπᾶτε
G25 V-PAM-2P
agapaō
to love (in a social or moral sense)
  • of persons
    • to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly
    of things
    • to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing
τὰς
G3588 T-APF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
γυναῖκας
G1135 N-APF
gynē
a woman; specially, a wife
  • a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow
    • "a wife
    • of a betrothed woman
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
μὴ
G3361 PRT-N
mē
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
  • no, not lest
πικραίνεσθε
G4087 V-PPM-2P
pikrainō
to embitter (literally or figuratively)
  • to make bitter
    • to produce a bitter taste in the stomach
    to embitter, exasperate
    • render angry, indignant
      • "to be embittered, irritated"to visit with bitterness, to grieve (deal bitterly with)
πρὸς
G4314 PREP
pros
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e., near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e., whither or for which it is predicated)
  • to the advantage of
    • "at, near, by"to, towards, with, with regard to
αὐτάς
G846 P-APF
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same

Οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ μὴ πικραίνεσθε πρὸς αὐτάς
19
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Cross References

1 Peter 3:7

Οἱ ἄνδρες ὁμοίως συνοικοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσιν ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ ἀπονέμοντες τιμήν ὡς καὶ συγκληρονόμοι χάριτος ζωῆς εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐκκόπτεσθαι τὰς προσευχὰς ὑμῶν
7
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Genesis 2:23

וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵֽעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻֽקֳחָה-זֹּֽאת׃
23
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Colossians 3:21

Οἱ πατέρες μὴ ἐρεθίζετε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν ἵνα μὴ ἀθυμῶσιν
21
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Ephesians 5:25

Οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας ἑαυτῶν καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς
25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Ephesians 5:28

οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ
28
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Ephesians 4:31

πᾶσα πικρία καὶ θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ κραυγὴ καὶ βλασφημία ἀρθήτω ἀφ' ὑμῶν σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ
31
Let all be put bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, away from you, with all malice:

Ephesians 5:33

πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθ' ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα
33
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Proverbs 5:18

יְהִֽי-מְקוֹרְךָ בָרוּךְ וּשְׂמַח מֵאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃
18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

רְאֵה חַיִּים עִם-אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר-אָהַבְתָּ כָּל-יְמֵי חַיֵּי הֶבְלֶךָ אֲשֶׁר נָֽתַן-לְךָ תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כֹּל יְמֵי הֶבְלֶךָ כִּי הוּא חֶלְקְךָ בַּֽחַיִּים וּבַעֲמָלְךָ אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה עָמֵל תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Malachi 2:14

וַאֲמַרְתֶּם עַל-מָה עַל כִּי-יְהוָה הֵעִיד בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין׀ אֵשֶׁת נְעוּרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בָּגַדְתָּה בָּהּ וְהִיא חֲבֶרְתְּךָ וְאֵשֶׁת בְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃
14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

James 3:14

εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε καὶ ψεύδεσθε κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας
14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

Genesis 24:67

וַיְבִאֶהָ יִצְחָק הָאֹהֱלָה שָׂרָה אִמּוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת-רִבְקָה וַתְּהִי-לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וַיֶּֽאֱהָבֶהָ וַיִּנָּחֵם יִצְחָק אַֽחֲרֵי אִמּֽוֹ׃
67
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Luke 14:26

Εἴ τις ἔρχεται πρός με καὶ οὐ μισεῖ τὸν πατέρα ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ τὰς ἀδελφάς ἔτι δέ καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν οὐ δύναται μου μαθητής εἶναί
26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Romans 3:14

ὧν τὸ στόμα ἀρᾶς καὶ πικρίας γέμει
14
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
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