μέμφομαι memphomai · G3201
to blame
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μέμφομαι, ; []: imperfect ἐμέμφετο []: future μέμψομαι []: aorist ἐμέμφθην []: present in passive sense, []future μεμφθήσομαι Ps.-[]:—blame, censure, first in []; 1 with accusative person, μέμψονται δ᾽ ἄρα τούς []; κατὰ τὸ μαντήϊον οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὁ Κροῖσος μέμφεται (i.e. τὸν Λοξίαν) [] ; 1.b c.accusative of things, οἶνε, τὰ μέν σ᾽ αἰνῶ, τὰ δὲ μέμφομαι []; μ. τὴν γνώμην, τὰ δῶρα, []; 2 with dative person et accusative of things, impute as blameworthy, cast in one's teeth, []; μ. τινὶ ὅτι.. []; …
Where it's used 3 times
Mark 7:2 · Romans 9:19 · Hebrews 8:8
Source: TBESG G3201; TFLSJ G3201
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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