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murmured

Meaning of “murmured”

Past-tense or past-participial form of murmur (to grumble; to complain; to utter complaints in a low, half articulated voice; to utter sullen discontent; with at, before the thing which is the cause of discontent).

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First occurrence: Exodus 15:24

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Exodus 15:24
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
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1611 witness · Exodus 15:24 · retained source text

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall wee drinke?

Exodus 17:3
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
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1611 witness · Exodus 17:3 · retained source text

And the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought vs vp out of Egypt, to kill vs and our children, and our cattell with thirst?

Numbers 14:2
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:2 · retained source text

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron: and the whole Congregation said vnto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would God we had died in this wildernesse.

Numbers 14:29
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:29 · retained source text

Your carcases shall fall in this wildernesse, and all that were numbred of you, according to your whole number from twentie yeeres old and vpward, which haue murmured against mee,

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.35.

Numbers 16:41
¶ But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Numbers 16:41 · retained source text

¶ But on the morrow, all the Congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the people of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 1:27
And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:27 · retained source text

And ye murmured in your tents and said, Because the LORD hated vs, he hath brought vs forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy vs:

Joshua 9:18
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
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1611 witness · Joshua 9:18 · retained source text

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the Princes of the Congregation had sworne vnto them by the LORD God of Israel: And all the Congregation murmured against the Princes.

Psalms 106:25
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Psalms 106:25 · retained source text

But murmured in their tents: and hearkened not vnto the voyce of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteNum. 14.2.

Isaiah 29:24
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:24 · retained source text

They also that erred in spirit shall come to vnderstanding, and they that murmured, shall learne doctrine.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shall know understanding.

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