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Note:
For
, in the plural, “murderers,” in Acts 21:38, see
ASSASSIN
.¶ See
MOTHER
, No. 2.
MURMUR, MURMURING
A. Verbs.
1.
$
(
"
, 1111), “to mutter, murmur, grumble, say anything in a low
tone” (Eng., “gong”), an onomatopoeic word, representing the significance by the sound
of the word, as in the word “murmur” itself, is used of the laborers in the parable of the
householder, Matt. 20:11; of the scribes and Pharisees, against Christ, Luke 5:30; of the
Jews, John 6:41, 43, of the disciples, 6:61; of the people, 7:32 (of debating secretly); of
the Israelites, 1 Cor. 10:10 (twice), where it is also used in a warning to believers.¶ In the
papyri it is used of the “murmuring” of a gang of workmen, also in a remark interposed,
while the Emperor (late 2nd cent. A.D.) was interviewing a rebel, that the Romans were
then “murmuring” (Moulton and Milligan,
F !
).
2.
$
(
"
, 1234), lit., “to murmur through” ( , i.e., “through a
whole crowd,” or “among themselves”), is always used of indignant complaining, Luke
15:2; 19:7.¶
3.
(
# $ 1
, 1690) is rendered “murmured against” in Mark 14:5;
it expresses indignant displeasure: see
CHARGE
, C, No. 4.
Note:
For
, Jas. 5:9,
RV
, “murmur,” see
GRIEVE
, No. 3.
B. Noun.
$
(
, 1112), “a murmuring, muttering” (akin to A, No. 1), is used
(a) in the sense of secret debate among people, John 7:12 (as with the verb in v. 32); (b)
of displeasure or complaining (more privately than in public), said of Grecian Jewish
converts against Hebrews, Acts 6:1; in general admonitions, Phil. 2:14; 1 Pet. 4:9,
RV
,
“murmuring” (
KJV
“grudging”).¶
MURMURER
$
(
)
, 1113), “a murmurer” (akin to A, No. 1, and B, above), “one
who complains,” is used in Jude 16, especially perhaps of utterances against God (see v.
15).¶
For
MUSING
(
, in
Luke 3:15
,
KJV
) see
REASON
(Verb)
MUSIC
$
$
(
&
, 4858), lit., “a sounding together” (Eng., “symphony”),
occurs in Luke 15:25.¶ In the Sept., Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15, for Aramaic
$
(not in v.
7), itself a loan word from the Greek; translated “dulcimer” (
RV
, marg., “bagpipe”).¶
For
MUSICIAN,
Rev. 18:22
,
KJV
, see
MINSTREL
MUST
1. (
, 1163) an impersonal verb, signifying “it is necessary” or “one must,” “one
ought,” is found most frequently in the Gospels, Acts and the Apocalypse, and is used (a)
of a necessity lying in the nature of the case e.g., John 3:30; 2 Tim. 2:6; (b) of necessity
brought about by circumstances, e.g., Matt. 26:35,
RV
, “must,”
KJV
, “should”; John 4:4;