Word Summary
gongyzō: to mutter, murmur
Original Word: γογγύζωTransliteration: gongyzō
Phonetic Spelling: (gong-good'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to mutter, murmur
Meaning: to mutter, murmur
Strong's Concordance
murmur.
Of uncertain derivation; to grumble -- murmur.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1111: γογγύζωγογγύζω; imperfect
ἐγόγγυζον; 1 aorist
ἐγογγυσα;
to murmur, mutter, grumble, say anything in a low tone (according to
Pollux and
Phavorinus used of the cooing of doves, like the
τονθρύζω and
τονθορύζω of the more elegant Greek writings; cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 358; (
Winers Grammar, 22;
Lightfoot on
Philippians 2:14)); hence, of those who confer together secretly,
τί περί τίνος,
John 7:32; of those who discontentedly complain:
1 Corinthians 10:10;
πρός τινα,
Luke 5:30;
μετ' ἀλλήλων,
John 6:43;
κατά ἰτνος,
Matthew 20:11;
περί τίνος,
John 6:41, 61. (the
Sept.;
Antoninus 2, 3;
Epictetus diss. 1, 29, 55; 4, 1, 79; (others).) (Compare:
διαγογγύζω.)