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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complain.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COMPLAINING

kom-plan'-ing (tsewachah, "cry," "outcry," siach, "meditation," "complaint"): tsewachah is translated "complaining" (Psalm 144:14, the Revised Version (British and American)) "outcry," "no complaining (outcry) in our streets," i.e. "open places" where the people commonly assembled near the gate of the city (compare 2 Chronicles 32:6 Nehemiah 8:1); a picture of peace in the city (compare Isaiah 24:11 Jeremiah 14:2); some render "battlecry"; siach (the Revised Version (British and American) Proverbs 23:29, the King James Version "babbling"), of the drunkard.

Greek

3202. mempsimoiros -- complaining of one's fate
... complaining of one's fate. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: mempsimoiros
Phonetic Spelling: (mem-psim'-oy-ros) Short Definition: discontented ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Philippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
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Romans 13:1-14
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
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Strong's Hebrew

7879. siach -- complaint, musing
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition complaint, musing NASB Word Usage
complaining (1), complaint (8), concern (1), meditation (1), occupied (1), talk ( ...
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Library

Love's Complaining
... Love's Complaining. A Sermon (No.1926). Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, October
24th, 1886, by. CH SPURGEON,. At the [12]Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/loves complaining.htm

Complaining of Spiritual Sloth.
... Hymns. Book 2. Composed on Divine Subjects. Hymn 2:25. Complaining of spiritual
sloth. 1 My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? Awake, my sluggish soul! ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 2 25 complaining of spiritual.htm

Thanksgiving Versus Complaining
... Chapter 15 Thanksgiving Versus Complaining. "In everything give thanks, for
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." ...
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Complaining of Spiritual Sloth.
... Hymns, Book II HYMN 25 Complaining of spiritual sloth. CM Complaining of spiritual
sloth. My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? Awake, my sluggish soul! ...
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A Short Excusation of Him that Made this Book Teaching How all ...
... CHAPTER A short excusation of him that made this book teaching how all contemplatives
should have all actives fully excused of their complaining words and deeds ...
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How that yet unto this Day all Actives Complain of Contemplatives ...
... of Mary. Of the which complaining ignorance is the cause. How that ... of Mary.
Of the which complaining ignorance is the cause. AND right ...
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The Cloud of Unknowing
... Of the which complaining ignorance is the cause. HERE BEGINNETH THE
NINETEENTH CHAPTER A short excusation of him that made this ...
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True Prudence
... else. Or else they spend time unprofitably in dreaming, and expecting, and
complaining, which might be spent profitably in working. ...
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Here Beginneth a Table of the Chapters
... How that yet unto this day all actives complain of contemplatives as Martha did
of Mary. Of the which complaining ignorance is the cause. THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER ...
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Letter L. To Domnio.
... of his original position. Written in 394 ad 1. Your letter is full at once
of affection and of complaining. The affection is your ...
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Thesaurus

Complaining (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complain. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. COMPLAINING. ... Multi-Version Concordance Complaining (3 Occurrences). ...
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Complaint (29 Occurrences)

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Kindled (83 Occurrences)
... has kindled. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). Numbers 11:1 The people
were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard ...
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Outskirts (38 Occurrences)
... is their property for ever. (BBE). Numbers 11:1 The people were complaining
in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger ...
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Groan (32 Occurrences)
... A somewhat similar word, haghah, means the complaining sound like that of the cooing
of doves (Isaiah 59:11 Nahum 2:7). Nehi is the sound of lamentation of the ...
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Iniquity (299 Occurrences)
... the Revised Version, margin "Mine iniquity is greater than can be forgiven," for
Cain is not so much expressing sorrow for his sin, as complaining of the ...
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Raving (4 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath
complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? (See JPS). ...
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Micaiah (27 Occurrences)
... disaster. Ahab endeavored to lessen the effect of this oracle by pettishly
complaining that Micaiah was always to him a prophet of evil. ...
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Murmuring (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Murmur. 2. (a. & n.) Uttering murmurs; making low sounds;
complaining. Multi-Version Concordance Murmuring (14 Occurrences). ...
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Misfortunes (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Misfortunes (2 Occurrences). Numbers 11:1 The
people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh ...
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Bible Concordance

Complaining (3 Occurrences)

Numbers 11:1 The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
(WEB)

Psalms 144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
(KJV WBS)

Proverbs 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
(ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Complaining

Related Terms

Complaint (29 Occurrences)

Kindled (83 Occurrences)

Outskirts (38 Occurrences)

Groan (32 Occurrences)

Iniquity (299 Occurrences)

Raving (4 Occurrences)

Micaiah (27 Occurrences)

Murmuring (14 Occurrences)

Misfortunes (2 Occurrences)