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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

2. (n.) Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.

3. (n.) An ailment or disease of the body.

4. (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.

Greek

157. aitiama -- complaint.
... 156, 157. aitiama. 158 . complaint. ... Word Origin variant reading for aitioma,
qv. complaint. From a derivative of aitia; a thing charged -- complaint. ...
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3437. momphe -- blame
... blame. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: momphe Phonetic Spelling:
(mom-fay') Short Definition: a complaint, fault Definition: a complaint, fault ...
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2138. eupeithes -- constantly attendant
... compliant, obedient From eu and peitho; good for persuasion, ie (intransitively)
complaint -- easy to be intreated. see GREEK eu. see GREEK peitho. ...
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1112. goggusmos -- a muttering, murmuring
... See 1111 (). Word Origin from gogguzo Definition a muttering, murmuring NASB
Word Usage complaint (2), grumbling (2). grudging, murmuring. ...
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3202. mempsimoiros -- complaining of one's fate
... 3202 (a substantival adjective, derived from 3201 , "blame, find fault," and ,
"an apportioned amount, allotment") -- properly, a complaint over the portion ...
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2724. kategoria -- an accusation
... accusation. From kategoros; a complaint ("category"), ie Criminal charge -- accusation
(X -ed). see GREEK kategoros. (kategoria) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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3056. logos -- a word (as embodying an idea), a statement, a ...
... an idea), a statement, a speech NASB Word Usage account (7), account* (1), accounting
(2), accounts (2), answer (1), appearance (1), complaint (1), exhortation ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7879. siach -- complaint, musing
... 7878, 7879. siach. 7880 . complaint, musing. Transliteration: siach Phonetic
Spelling: (see'-akh) Short Definition: complaint. Word ...
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7881. sichah -- complaint, musing
... 7880, 7881. sichah. 7882 . complaint, musing. Transliteration: sichah
Phonetic Spelling: (see-khaw') Short Definition: meditation. ...
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8210. shaphak -- to pour out, pour
... root; to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, ie To mound
up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc ...
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596. anan -- to complain, murmur
... Definition: complain. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to complain, murmur
NASB Word Usage complain (1), offer complaint (1). complain. A ...
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7379. rib -- strife, dispute
... Word Origin from rib Definition strife, dispute NASB Word Usage adversary (1), case
(11), cause (9), complaint (2), contend (1), contention (1), contentions (3 ...
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1901. hagig -- a whisper, musing, murmuring
... meditation, musing. From an unused root akin to hagah; properly, a murmur, ie Complaint
-- meditation, musing. see HEBREW hagah. 1900, 1901. hagig. 1902 . ...
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Library

A Complaint.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CLXXXI. A Complaint. 8.6.8.6 James Montgomery. A Complaint.
In spirit when I took my flight. Above the mount, to see. ...
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Psalm 6 Complaint in Sickness.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 6 Complaint in sickness. CM Complaint in sickness.
In anger, Lord, rebuke me not; Withdraw the dreadful storm; ...
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Psalm 6:1. CM Complaint in Sickness; Or, Diseases Healed.
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 6:1. CM Complaint in sickness; or,
diseases healed. 1 In anger, Lord, rebuke me not, Withdraw ...
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Letter vi. To Salvius: a Complaint that the Country People were ...
... The Doubtful Letters Of Sulpitius Severus. Letter VI. To Salvius: a Complaint
that the Country People Were Harassed� To Salvius ...
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Psalm 83. A Complaint against Persecutors.
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 83. A complaint against persecutors.
1 And will the God of grace Perpetual silence keep? The ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 83 a complaint against.htm

Psalm 120. Complaint of Quarrelsome Neighbours; Or, a Devout Wish ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 120. Complaint of quarrelsome neighbours;
or, A devout wish for peace. 1 Thou God of love, thou ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 120 complaint of quarrelsome.htm

Psalm 12:2. CM Complaint of a General Corruption of Manners; Or ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 12:2. CM Complaint of a general corruption
of manners; or, The promise and signs of Christ's coming to judgment. ...
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Complaint of Desertion and Temptations.
... first and third lines of the stanza. Hymn 2:163. Complaint of desertion
and temptations. 1 Dear Lord, behold our sore distress; Our ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 196527778 complaint of desertion.htm

Song 24. The Child's Complaint.
... Divine Songs Song 24. The child's complaint. The child's complaint. 8,6,8,6.
Why should I love my sports so well,. So constant at my play,. ...
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Song 24. The Child's Complaint.
... Divine Songs For Children. Song 24. The Child's Complaint. 1 Why should
I love my sports so well, So constant at my play, And lose ...
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Thesaurus

Complaint (29 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring. 3. (n.) An ailment or disease
of the body. ... Multi-Version Concordance Complaint (29 Occurrences). ...
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Plaint (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint;
hence, a mournful song; a lament. ... Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. ...
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Quarrel (22 Occurrences)
... kwor'-el: Originally (1) "a complaint" (compare "querulous"), or (2) "a cause of
complaint," and so (3) "a contention." (1) In the King James Version Mark 6:19 ...
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Ah (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity,
complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according ...
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Vent (8 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth;
as, to vent passion or complaint. ... I will give free course to my complaint. ...
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Grievance (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A cause of complaint, or the complaint itself; a wrong done and suffered;
that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from ...
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Commissioners (7 Occurrences)
... Daniel 6:4 Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of
complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and ...
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Complaining (3 Occurrences)
... kom-plan'-ing (tsewachah, "cry," "outcry," siach, "meditation," "complaint"): tsewachah
is translated "complaining" (Psalm 144:14, the Revised Version (British ...
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Aha (11 Occurrences)
... (1) 'ahah, expressing complaint and found in the phrase "Ah, Lord Yahweh"
(Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10 etc.; Ezekiel 4:14 etc.). ...
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Overwhelmed (33 Occurrences)
... Jehovah. Psalm 102 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and
poureth out his complaint before Jehovah. (ASV). Psalms ...
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Bible Concordance

Complaint (29 Occurrences)

Mark 5:29 In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured.
(WEY)

Mark 5:34 "Daughter," He said, "your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your complaint."
(WEY)

Acts 6:1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
(WEB WEY NAS)

Acts 10:29 Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
(WEB)

Acts 18:14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
(See NIV)

Acts 19:38 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
(See NAS RSV)

Acts 25:10 "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal," replied Paul, "where alone I ought to be tried. The Jews have no real ground of complaint against me, as in fact you yourself are beginning to see more clearly.
(WEY)

Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

1 Peter 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
(See NAS)

1 Samuel 1:16 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Samuel 15:2 And Absalom used to rise up early, and stand beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said: 'Of what city art thou?' And he said: 'Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.'
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 15:4 Absalom said moreover: 'Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!'
(See NIV)

Job 7:13 When I say,'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 9:27 If I say,'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 10:1 "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 23:2 "Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 31:13 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;
(See NAS RSV)

Job 33:19 He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;
(See NAS)

Psalms 55:2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS)

Psalms 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I complain, and moan; and He hath heard my voice.
(See RSV)

Psalms 64:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 101:8 Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah. Psalm 102 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.
(ASV)

Psalms 102:1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh. Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
(WEB JPS DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 142:2 I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
(See NAS)

Daniel 6:4 Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he 'is' faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.
(YLT RSV)

Daniel 6:5 Then these men are saying, 'We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found 'it' against him in the law of his God.'
(YLT RSV)

Habakkuk 2:1 I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
(WEB ASV RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Complaint

Nolle Prosequi of the Complaint Against Paul

Related Terms

Plaint (5 Occurrences)

Quarrel (22 Occurrences)

Ah (43 Occurrences)

Vent (8 Occurrences)

Grievance (7 Occurrences)

Commissioners (7 Occurrences)

Complaining (3 Occurrences)

Aha (11 Occurrences)