Quick Definition
complaint
Strong's Definition
a contemplation; by implication, an utterance
Derivation: from H7878 (שִׂיחַ);
KJV Usage: babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.
TWOT Reference: 2255a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׂיחַ (si.ach) — complaint. 1) meditation, complaint, musing 1a) plaint, complaint 1b) following are uncertain 1b1) musing 1b2) anxiety, trouble 1b3) talk
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
noun m · שׂיח
Grieve
concern, care, grief, sorrow poetic term; = state in which humans experience grief
1SA 1:16 · JOB 7:13 · JOB 9:27 · PSA 55:3 · PSA 102:1 · PSA 142:3 · PRO 23:29
Complain
complaint poetic term; = action by which humans utter words expressing their grief, usually directed at a deity
Speak | Think
meditation poetic term; = action by which humans speak softly for themselves as if thinking out loud
Speak
talk, babble = action by which humans utter words with the focus on what is said; ≈ possibly with the connotation that these words have little value
1 1KI 18:27 RSV ESV "musing" NIV REB "deep in thought" NJPS "in conversation" NJB "preoccupied" NRSV "meditating" GNT CEV "daydreaming"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׂיחַ n.m. complaint, musing base