What does μέμφομαι (mémphomai) mean in the Bible?
μέμφομαι (mémphomai) is a Greek word meaning "to blame".
Greek · G3201
μέμφομαι
To blame
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μέμφομαι G3201
Pronunciation mémphomai
What does μέμφομαι (mémphomai) mean in the Bible?
μέμφομαι (mémphomai) is a Greek word meaning "to blame".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3201?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [God] found fault (1), does [God] still find fault (1).
Where does μέμφομαι (mémphomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 9:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [God] found fault 1× Hebrews 8:8
does [God] still find fault 1× Romans 9:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 9:19
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
μέμφεται 1x memphetai Romans 9:19
μεμφόμενος 1x memphomenos Hebrews 8:8
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Romans 9:19
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 8:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to blame
Strong's G3201
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to blame
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 7:2 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐμέμψαντο. ememyanto
I blame, censure
Read verse Romans 9:19 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
μέμφεται; memfetai
I blame, censure
Read verse Hebrews 8:8 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
μεμφόμενος memfomenov
I blame, censure
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Middle Rom 9:19 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Middle Heb 8:8 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2
Voice
middle 2
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
μέμφομαι is a primary verb - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain