Strong's Lexicon
G3202
G3202 — μεμψίμοιρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3202 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μεμψίμοιρος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from a presumed derivative of G3201 and moira "fate" (akin to the base of G3313) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | mempsimoiros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mem-psim'-oy-ros |
| Meaning: | 1. blaming fate, i.e. querulous (discontented) |
| KJV Renderings: | complainer |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεμψίμοιρος, μεμψιμοιρον (μέμφομαι, and μοῖρα fate, lot), complaining of one’s lot, querulous, discontented: Jud 1:16. (Isocrates, p. 234 c. (p. 387, Lange edition); Aristotle, h. a. 9, 1 (p. 608b, 10); Theophrastus, char. 17, 1; Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 4; Plutarch, de ira cohib. c. 13.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μεμψίμοιρος (complainer)
Jude 1:16
- KJV: These are murmurers complainers walking after their own lusts and their mouth speaketh great swelling having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage
- GK: ούτοί εισι γογγυσταί μεμψίμοιροι κατά τας επιθυμίας αυτών πορευόμενοι και το στόμα αυτών λαλεί υπέρογκα θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα ωφελείας χάριν