Strong G3469μωμάομαι
to criticize
- Transliteration
- mōmaomai
- Pronunciation
- mo-mah'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3470; to carp at that is censure (discredit): - blame.
Detailed definition
μωμάομαι, -ῶμαι
(μῶμος),
poët. and late prose,
[in LXX: Pro.9:7 (מאוּם), Wis.10:14, Sir.31:18 *;]
to find fault with, blame: 2Co.8:20; pass., 2Co.6:3.†
(AS)
(μῶμος),
poët. and late prose,
[in LXX: Pro.9:7 (מאוּם), Wis.10:14, Sir.31:18 *;]
to find fault with, blame: 2Co.8:20; pass., 2Co.6:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3469 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blame2
- be1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 6:3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
- 2 Corinthians 8:20Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μωμ-άομαι,
Ionic dialect μωμ-έομαι, 3rd.pers. plural -εῦνται [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 369, compare 169)]; infinitive -έεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 1)]: future -ήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.412, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1079)]; Doric dialect μωμάσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.5)]: aorist ἐμωμησάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 277)]; Doric dialect poetry μωμάσατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.24)]: (μῶμος):—find fault with, blame, criticize, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 169, 369, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus [same place], 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 171, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 222)]:—poetry, Ionic dialect [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 48, 4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus 1), and later Prose, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 33, +others:)]aorist μωμηθῆναι in passive sense, [NT (NT.2Cor.6.3)]; see at {μωκάομαι}.
Ionic dialect μωμ-έομαι, 3rd.pers. plural -εῦνται [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 369, compare 169)]; infinitive -έεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 1)]: future -ήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.412, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1079)]; Doric dialect μωμάσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.5)]: aorist ἐμωμησάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 277)]; Doric dialect poetry μωμάσατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.24)]: (μῶμος):—find fault with, blame, criticize, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” [same place], 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 169, 369, 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus [same place], 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 171, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 222)]:—poetry, Ionic dialect [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 48, 4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus 1), and later Prose, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 33, +others:)]aorist μωμηθῆναι in passive sense, [NT (NT.2Cor.6.3)]; see at {μωκάομαι}.