Strong's Lexicon
G3201 — μέμφομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3201 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μέμφομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of an apparently primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | memphomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mem'-fom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to blame |
| KJV Renderings: | find fault |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μέμφομαι; 1 aorist ἐμεμψαμην; in classical Greek from Hesiod (Works, 184) down; to blame, find fault: absolutely, Rom 9:19; the thing found fault with being evident from what precedes, Mar 7:2 Rec.; αὐτούς, Heb 8:8 L T Tr marginal reading WH text, where R G Tr text WH marginal reading αὐτοῖς, which many join with μεμφόμενος (for the person or thing blamed is added by Greek writings now in the dative, now in the accusative; see Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word, cf. Krüger, § 46, 7, 3); but it is more correct to supply αὐτήν, i. e. διαθήκην, which the writer wishes to prove was not faultless (cf. 7), and to join αὐτοῖς with λέγει; (Buttmann, § 133, 9).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μέμφομαι (find fault)
Mark 7:2
- KJV: And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled that is to say with unwashen hands they found fault
- GK: και ιδόντες τινάς των μαθητών αυτού κοιναίς χερσί τουτ΄ ανίπτοις εσθίοντας άρτους εμέμψαντο
Romans 9:19
- KJV: Thou wilt say then unto me Why doth he yet find fault For who hath resisted his will
- GK: ερείς ούν μοι τι έτι μέμφεται τω γαρ βουλήματι αυτού τις ανθέστηκεν
Hebrews 8:8
- KJV: For finding fault with them he saith Behold the days come saith the Lord when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah
- GK: μεμφόμενος γαρ αυτοίς λέγει ιδού ημέραι έρχονται λέγει κύριος και συντελέσω επί τον οίκον Ισραήλ και επί τον οίκον Ιούδα διαθήκην καινήν