Mark Hodson, Soil pollution and its impact on soil life 6 How wide spread is the problem? 360 000 potentially contaminated sites German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety 2002 figures
The word has such a multitude of meanings that no single English word is adequate to express its depth and richness. It is a derivative of koinos, the word for common. Koinonia is a complex, rich, and thoroughly fascinating Greek approach to building community or teamwork.
In the New Testament the verb pikraino = to embitter; the adjective pikros = bitter, and the noun pikria, bitterness, supply the same ideas in Colossians 3:19; James 3:11,14; Revelation 8:11; 10:9,10):