Lexicon mempsimoiros: complaining of one's fate Original Word: μεμψίμοιρος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: mempsimoiros Phonetic Spelling: (mem-psim'-oy-ros) Short Definition: discontented, complaining Definition: blaming one's lot or destiny, discontented, complaining. HELPS word-Studies 3202 mempsímoiros (a substantival adjective, derived from 3201 /mémphomai, "blame, find fault," and moira, "an apportioned amount, allotment") – properly, a complaint over the allotted portion (used only in Jude 16). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom memphomai and moira (fate) Definitioncomplaining of one's fate NASB Translationfinding fault (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3202: μεμψίμοιροςμεμψίμοιρος, μεμψιμοιρον ( μέμφομαι, and μοῖρα fate, lot), complaining of one's lot, querulous, discontented: Jude 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.)
Strong's complainer. From a presumed derivative of memphomai and moira (fate; akin to the base of meros); blaming fate, i.e. Querulous (discontented) -- complainer. see GREEK memphomai see GREEK meros |
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