μομφή
momphḗ · G3437 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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complaint
A complaint which implies blame
ExamplesColossians 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἔγκλημα énklēma · G1462 · indictment, accusation, case
- Greek noun for a formal charge or accusation, semantically related to μομφή as a complaint or blame brought against someone
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἔπαινος épainos · G1868 · to praise, praise, something worthy of praise
- Greek noun for praise or approval, the direct lexical opposite of μομφή (blame/fault-finding)
In the other Testament 1 word
- תְּלוּנָה tᵉlûwnâh · H8519 · to complain, to grumble
- Hebrew noun for complaint or murmuring, semantically overlapping with μομφή in the complaint domain
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Complaint33.385
- This sense denotes a grievance held against another person. Colossians 3:13 instructs believers to bear with one another, “and forgive each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone.”
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μομφης, ἡ (μέμφομαι), blame: ἔχειν μομφήν πρός τινα, to have matter of complaint against…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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