Strong G3201μέμφομαι
to blame
- Transliteration
- memphomai
- Pronunciation
- mem'-fom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to blame: - find fault.
Detailed definition
μέμφομαι
[in LXX: Sir.11:7 41:7, 2Ma.2:7 *;]
to blame, find fault: absol., Rom.9:19; with accusative, αὐτούς (WH, txt.; αὐτούς, Rec., WH, mg.; on rendering with αὐτούς see Westc., in l), Heb.8:8.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Sir.11:7 41:7, 2Ma.2:7 *;]
to blame, find fault: absol., Rom.9:19; with accusative, αὐτούς (WH, txt.; αὐτούς, Rec., WH, mg.; on rendering with αὐτούς see Westc., in l), Heb.8:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3201 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- find2
- doth1
- fault1
First verses
- Mark 7:2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
- Romans 9:19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
- Hebrews 8:8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μέμφομαι,
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 797, etc.)]: imperfect ἐμέμφετο [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 70)]: future μέμψομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 186, etc.)]: aorist ἐμέμφθην [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, 3.13, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.30 (κατα-), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1402, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85 (in _passive_ sense, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.301, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 67.22): but in _Attic dialect_ and Trag. commonly ἐμεμψάμην, as 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1073 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143, also in 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 14.5, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24)]: present in passive sense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.47, 2nd c.AD: Aspasius Philosophus “in Ethica Nicomachea commentaria - pars” 133.14:)]future μεμφθήσομαι Ps.-[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus in Meineke “Fragm.Comedy texts Gr.” iv p.337)]:—blame, censure, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus (though ἐπιμέμφομαι occurs in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus):)]
1 with accusative person, μέμψονται δ᾽ ἄρα τούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 186, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 797, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.64, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 384, etc.; μ. τύχην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1073 (_anapaest meter_); μ. τὸν θέντα τὸν νόμον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.3)]; κατὰ τὸ μαντήϊον οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὁ Κροῖσος μέμφεται (i.e. τὸν Λοξίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91; μ. τινὰ πρὸς τοὺς φίλους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.23; μ. τινὰ εἴς τι [prev. author] “An.” 2.6.30.)]
1.b c.accusative of things, οἶνε, τὰ μέν σ᾽ αἰνῶ, τὰ δὲ μέμφομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 873)]; μ. τὴν γνώμην, τὰ δῶρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, 3.13; μ. τὴν φιλοσοφίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 305b; ἄλλο οὐδὲν μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.39; μεμφθεὶς κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τὸ ἑωυτοῦ στράτευμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77; ταῦτα.. προτ᾽ ἐμὸν θυμὸν ἐμεμψάμαν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 30.24.)]
2 with dative person et accusative of things, impute as blameworthy, cast in one's teeth, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 14.7 (probably), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4, 4.180, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 525, “Av.” 137, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143, etc.: also with _accusative_ _cognate_, τῷ Λοξίᾳ μέμψιν μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 10, etc.)]; μ. τινὶ ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.6, compare 6.92)]; οὕνεκα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 31)]; εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85: with _dative_ _person_ et _genitive_ _of things_, οὔποτ᾽ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων μέμψει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 652:)] with genitive person et accusative _of things_, ὃ μάλιστα μέμφονται ἡμῶν which is the chief complaint they make against us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84.)]
3 with dative person only, to be dissatisfied with, find fault with, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 560, “Pr.” 63, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 470, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 285, “IA” 899 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.20, NT.Heb.8.8)]: with participle added, μ. ἡμῖν λογισαμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Charid.” 20; ὡς κακῶς βουλευομένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234b, compare “Cri.” 50d.)]
4 with genitive of things only, complain of, οὐ μάχης.. μέμψει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199.3; εἴ τι μέμφῃ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπουσίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 962)]; τιμῆς ἐμέμφθη of her [neglected] honour [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (εὐχωλῆς ἐπιμέμφεται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.93), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1402; μ. τῶν γεγενημένων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.109.)]
5 with infinitive with μή, μ. μὴ πολλάκις βουλεύεσθαι object that one ought not.., [Refs ([prev. author] 3.42.)]
6 absolutely, find fault, complain, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 137 (Lyric poetry); ὅτι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162b18. in Law, οἱ μεμφόμενοι)] the plaintiffs, [Refs (“GDI” 4998 (from Gortyn).)]
[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 797, etc.)]: imperfect ἐμέμφετο [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 70)]: future μέμψομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 186, etc.)]: aorist ἐμέμφθην [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, 3.13, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.30 (κατα-), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1402, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85 (in _passive_ sense, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.301, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 67.22): but in _Attic dialect_ and Trag. commonly ἐμεμψάμην, as 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1073 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.3, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143, also in 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 14.5, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24)]: present in passive sense, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 6.47, 2nd c.AD: Aspasius Philosophus “in Ethica Nicomachea commentaria - pars” 133.14:)]future μεμφθήσομαι Ps.-[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus in Meineke “Fragm.Comedy texts Gr.” iv p.337)]:—blame, censure, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus (though ἐπιμέμφομαι occurs in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus):)]
1 with accusative person, μέμψονται δ᾽ ἄρα τούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 186, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 797, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.64, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 384, etc.; μ. τύχην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1073 (_anapaest meter_); μ. τὸν θέντα τὸν νόμον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.3)]; κατὰ τὸ μαντήϊον οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὁ Κροῖσος μέμφεται (i.e. τὸν Λοξίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.91; μ. τινὰ πρὸς τοὺς φίλους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.23; μ. τινὰ εἴς τι [prev. author] “An.” 2.6.30.)]
1.b c.accusative of things, οἶνε, τὰ μέν σ᾽ αἰνῶ, τὰ δὲ μέμφομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 873)]; μ. τὴν γνώμην, τὰ δῶρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207, 3.13; μ. τὴν φιλοσοφίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 305b; ἄλλο οὐδὲν μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.39; μεμφθεὶς κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τὸ ἑωυτοῦ στράτευμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77; ταῦτα.. προτ᾽ ἐμὸν θυμὸν ἐμεμψάμαν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 30.24.)]
2 with dative person et accusative of things, impute as blameworthy, cast in one's teeth, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 14.7 (probably), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4, 4.180, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 525, “Av.” 137, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.143, etc.: also with _accusative_ _cognate_, τῷ Λοξίᾳ μέμψιν μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 10, etc.)]; μ. τινὶ ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.6, compare 6.92)]; οὕνεκα.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 31)]; εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85: with _dative_ _person_ et _genitive_ _of things_, οὔποτ᾽ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε κηρυκευμάτων μέμψει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 652:)] with genitive person et accusative _of things_, ὃ μάλιστα μέμφονται ἡμῶν which is the chief complaint they make against us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.84.)]
3 with dative person only, to be dissatisfied with, find fault with, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 560, “Pr.” 63, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 470, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 285, “IA” 899 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.20, NT.Heb.8.8)]: with participle added, μ. ἡμῖν λογισαμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Charid.” 20; ὡς κακῶς βουλευομένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234b, compare “Cri.” 50d.)]
4 with genitive of things only, complain of, οὐ μάχης.. μέμψει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199.3; εἴ τι μέμφῃ τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπουσίας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 962)]; τιμῆς ἐμέμφθη of her [neglected] honour [Refs 8th c.BC+ (compare (εὐχωλῆς ἐπιμέμφεται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.93), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1402; μ. τῶν γεγενημένων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.109.)]
5 with infinitive with μή, μ. μὴ πολλάκις βουλεύεσθαι object that one ought not.., [Refs ([prev. author] 3.42.)]
6 absolutely, find fault, complain, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 137 (Lyric poetry); ὅτι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162b18. in Law, οἱ μεμφόμενοι)] the plaintiffs, [Refs (“GDI” 4998 (from Gortyn).)]