King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3201
Transliteration: memphomai
Phonetic Spelling: (mem'-fom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to blame, find fault
Meaning: to blame, find fault
μέμφομαι; 1 aorist ἐμεμψαμην; in classical Greek from Hesiod (Works, 184) down; to blame, find fault: absolutely, Romans 9:19; the thing found fault with being evident from what precedes, Mark 7:2 Rec.; αὐτούς, Hebrews 8:8 L T Tr marginal reading WH text, where R G Tr text WH marginal reading αὐτοῖς, which many join with μεμφόμενος (for the person or thing blamed is added by Greek writings now in the dative, now in the accusative; see Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word, cf. Krüger, § 46, 7, 3); but it is more correct to supply αὐτήν, i. e. διαθήκην, which the writer wishes to prove was not faultless (cf. 7), and to join αὐτοῖς with λέγει; (Buttmann, § 133, 9).
Word Summary
memphomai: to blame, find fault
Original Word: μέμφομαιTransliteration: memphomai
Phonetic Spelling: (mem'-fom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to blame, find fault
Meaning: to blame, find fault
Strong's Concordance
find fault. Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to blame -- find fault.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3201: μέμφομαιμέμφομαι; 1 aorist ἐμεμψαμην; in classical Greek from Hesiod (Works, 184) down; to blame, find fault: absolutely, Romans 9:19; the thing found fault with being evident from what precedes, Mark 7:2 Rec.; αὐτούς, Hebrews 8:8 L T Tr marginal reading WH text, where R G Tr text WH marginal reading αὐτοῖς, which many join with μεμφόμενος (for the person or thing blamed is added by Greek writings now in the dative, now in the accusative; see Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word, cf. Krüger, § 46, 7, 3); but it is more correct to supply αὐτήν, i. e. διαθήκην, which the writer wishes to prove was not faultless (cf. 7), and to join αὐτοῖς with λέγει; (Buttmann, § 133, 9).