King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3202
Transliteration: mempsimoiros
Phonetic Spelling: (mem-psim'-oy-ros)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: complaining of one's fate
Meaning: complaining of one's fate
μεμψίμοιρος, μεμψιμοιρον (μέμφομαι, and μοῖρα fate, lot), complaining of one's lot, querulous, discontented: Jude 1:16. (Isocrates, p. 234 c. (p. 387, Lange edition); Aristotle, h. a. 9, 1 (p. 608b, 10); Theophrastus, char. 17, 1; Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 4; Plutarch, de ira cohib. c. 13.)
Word Summary
mempsimoiros: complaining of one's fate
Original Word: μεμψίμοιροςTransliteration: mempsimoiros
Phonetic Spelling: (mem-psim'-oy-ros)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: complaining of one's fate
Meaning: complaining of one's fate
Strong's Concordance
complainer. From a presumed derivative of memphomai and moira (fate; akin to the base of meros); blaming fate, i.e. Querulous (discontented) -- complainer.
see GREEK memphomai
see GREEK meros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3202: μεμψίμοιροςμεμψίμοιρος, μεμψιμοιρον (μέμφομαι, and μοῖρα fate, lot), complaining of one's lot, querulous, discontented: Jude 1:16. (Isocrates, p. 234 c. (p. 387, Lange edition); Aristotle, h. a. 9, 1 (p. 608b, 10); Theophrastus, char. 17, 1; Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 4; Plutarch, de ira cohib. c. 13.)