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Murmuring

תְּלֻנָּהStrong’s H8519

telunah (te-lu-nah)

Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Telunah is the Hebrew word usually translated “grumblings your”, “grumblings of” and “grumblings their”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

“And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?”
Exodus 16:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. Murmuring
How it's translated
  • grumblings your 4
  • grumblings of 3
  • grumblings their 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 4
  • Numbers 3

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

תְּלֻנָּה telunah · murmuring

murmuring

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “murmuring” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MUR'MURING, participle present

tense Uttering complaints in a low voice or sullen manner; grumbling; complaining.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.