Definition

to have indignation on, i.e. (transitively) to blame, (intransitively) to sigh with chagrin, (specially) to sternly enjoin

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and (to snort with anger);

Where the KJV renders it

• straitly charge
• groan
• murmur against

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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