μεμψῐ-μοιρος G3202
μεμψίμοιρος — complaining, faultfinding, querulous, discontented with one's lot
This adjective appears in Jude 16, describing false teachers who are 'complainers' grumbling about their lot in life. The compound literally means 'blaming one's fate' (μέμφομαι + μοῖρα), denoting chronic dissatisfaction and the tendency to find fault with circumstances. Jude links this attitude to ungodliness and following ungodly desires. These individuals reject divine authority while constantly complaining about consequences, exemplifying the entitled attitude of those who demand autonomy from God yet resent not receiving his blessings. Their discontent reveals hearts fundamentally at odds with submitting to God's will.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The nominative masculine plural 'complainers' characterizes these false teachers. Cross-linguistic evidence (Spanish 'quejosos,' German 'Unzufriedene') conveys the habitual faultfinding and discontent that mark those who reject God's authority, chronically dissatisfied because they resist the very source of satisfaction — submission to the Creator's good purposes. 1×
amh["ቅሬታ-አማሪዎች"]·AR["ساخطون"]·ben["অসন্তুষ্ট"]·ces["nespokojenci"]·dan["skæbne-klagende,"]·DE["Unzufriedene"]·ell["μεμψίμοιροι,"]·EN["complainers"]·FR["plaignants,"]·guj["ફરિયાદ-કરનારા,"]·hat["plenyen"]·hau["masu-zargi"]·heb["מתלוננים"]·HI["भाग्य-को-दोष-देनेवाले"]·hun["panaszkodók"]·ID["pengeluh"]·IT["lamentosi"]·jav["tiyang-mboten-marem"]·JA["不平を言う者たち"]·KO["원망하는-자들이니"]·mar["तक्रार-करणारे,"]·mya["ကန့်ကွက်သောသူများ"]·nld["ontevreden-klagers"]·nor["misnøyde"]·pnb["نصیب-کوسن-والے"]·pol["narzekający-na-los"]·PT["queixosos"]·ron["nemulțumiți-de-soartă,"]·RU["недовольные"]·ES["quejosos"]·SW["walalamikaji"]·swe["klagande-över-ödet"]·tam["குறைகூறுபவர்கள்"]·tel["ఫిర్యాదుచేయువారు"]·tgl["mga-nagreklamo"]·TH["ผู้ไม่พอใจ"]·TR["şikayetciler,"]·ukr["скаржники"]·urd["شکایت-کرنے-والے"]·VI["kẻ-hay-than-phiền"]·yor["olùsunkún-ìpín,"]·yue["埋怨命運-嘅"]·ZH["抱怨命运的"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μεμψῐ-μοιρος, ον, faultfinding, criticizing, querulous, NT+5th c.BC+: comparative, γυνὴ ἀνδρὸς -ότερον Refs 4th c.BC+