What Does “Murmur” Mean in the Bible?
To complain or speak badly of someone in a low voice.
A detail
- In the Bible: the people murmured against Moses in the desert. And people murmured because Jesus went to eat at the house of Zacchaeus.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 19:7; Luke 5:30; Exodus 16:2
What the Bible says
Luke 19:7
And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.
Luke 5:30
But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Exodus 16:2
And all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “murmurar”