Murmuring
תְּלֻנָּהStrong’s H8519telunah (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?”
Meaning
- 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.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 16:8And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
- Exodus 16:9And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
- Exodus 16:12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
- Numbers 14:27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
- Numbers 17:5And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
- Numbers 17:10And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
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.