gongyzō · grumble

What it means

gongyzō (γογγύζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “grumble”.

Complain under one's breath.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To complain under one's breath.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• were grumbling ×4
• grumble ×2
• grumbled ×1
• grumbling ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×1
• John×4
• 1 Corinthians×2

• Matthew 20:11

  And when they received it, they were grumbling against the master of the house,

• Luke 5:30

  And the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

• John 6:41

  So the Jews were grumbling about him because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

• John 6:43

  Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.

• John 6:61

  But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Does this make you stumble?

• John 7:32

  The Pharisees heard the crowd grumbling these things about him, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.

• 1 Corinthians 10:10

  Nor grumble, as some of them grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

And 1 more times.