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Strong H3885H3885Bלוּן

to grumble

One of the 2 senses of Strong H3885

Transliteration
lûn lîyn
Pronunciation
{loon} leen
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

1) to grumble, complain, murmur
1a) (Niphal) to grumble, murmur
1b) (Hiphil) to complain, cause to grumble

General definition

A primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in {words} to complain): - abide (all {night}) {continue} {dwell} {endure} {grudge} be {left} lie all {night} (cause to) lodge (all {night} {in} {-ing} this {night}) (make to) {murmur} {remain} tarry (all {night} that night).

In the Bible

Strong H3885B appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • murmur12
  • grudge1
  • murmured1

First verses

  1. Exodus 15:24
    And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
  2. Exodus 16:2
    And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
  3. Exodus 16:7
    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?
  4. Exodus 16:8
    And 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.
  5. Exodus 17:3
    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
  6. Numbers 14:2
    And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
  7. Numbers 14:27
    How 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.
  8. Numbers 14:29
    Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
  9. Numbers 14:36
    And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
  10. Numbers 16:11
    For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
  11. Numbers 16:41
    But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
  12. Numbers 17:5
    And 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.
  13. Joshua 9:18
    And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
  14. Psalms 59:15
    Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
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