Complaint
μομφή, μέμψιςStrong’s G3437momphē, mempsis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Momphē, mempsis is the Greek word usually translated “complaint”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
Meaning
Usually translated “complaint”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a complaint 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Colossians 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
μομφή, μέμψις momphē, mempsis · complaint
μομφή, ῆς, ἡ (μέμφομαι), poët. form of μέμψις, blame, complaint: Col.3:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “complaint” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COMPLAINT, noun
- Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; a finding fault.“Even to day is my complaint bitter” Job 23:2
- The cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
- The cause of complaint or of pain and uneasiness in the body; a malady; a disease; usually applied to disorders not violent; as a complaint in the bowels or breast.
- Accusation; a charge against an offender, made by a private person or informer to a justice of the peace or other proper officer, alleging that the offender has violated the law, and claiming the penalty due to the prosecutor.
All definitions
- Representation of injuries, in a general sense; and appropriately, in a writ of Audita Querela.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.