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);

Word family

• ἐν en

How 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.