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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #988 - βλασφημία

Transliteration

blasphēmía

Phonetics

blas-fay-me'-ah

Origin

from (G989)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

1:621,107

Definition

Thayer's

slander, detraction, speech injurious, to another's good name
impious and reproachful speech injurious to divine majesty

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5007 ‑ נְאָצָה (neh‑aw‑tsaw', neh‑aw‑tsaw'); 7955 ‑ שִׂלָּה (shaw‑law');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (19)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

Jude

Revelation

NAS (19)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

Jude

Revelation

HCS (18)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

Jude

Revelation

BSB (18)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

Jude

Revelation

ESV (18)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

Revelation

WEB (19)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Timothy

Jude

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βλασφημ-ία, ἡ,

1.word of evil omen, profane speech, D. 25.26; βλασφημίαν ἐφθέγξατο, at a sacrifice, E. Ion 1189; εἴ τις παραστὰς τοῖς βωμοῖς βλασφημοῖ β. πᾶσαν Pl. Lg. 800c; πᾶσαν β. ἱερῶν καταχέουσι ib.d.

2. defamation, slander, Democr. 177, D. 10.36, 18.95; β. ποιεῖσθαι εἴς τινα Aeschin. 1.167, cf. Ephesians 4:31; ὅλας ἁμάξας βλασφημιῶν whole cart-loads of abuse, Luc. Eun. 2.

3. irreverent speech against God, blasphemy, ἡ εἰς τὸ θεῖον β. Men. 715: in pl., LXX Ezekiel 35:12, al.; τοῦ Πνεύματος against.., Matthew 12:31; πρὸς τὸν θεόν Revelation 13:6.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

βλασφημμία , -ας , ἡ

(< βλάσφημος ),

[in LXX: Ezekiel 35:12 (H5007), Da TH Daniel 3:29 (H7955) Tobit 1:18, 1 Maccabees 2:6, 2 Maccabees 8:4; 2 Maccabees 10:35; 2 Maccabees 15:24 *;]

(a) railing, slander: Matthew 12:31; Matthew 15:19, Mark 3:28; Mark 7:22, Ephesians 4:31, Colossians 3:8, 1 Timothy 6:4, Judges 1:9, Revelation 2:9;

(b) spec., impious speech against God, blasphemy: Matthew 26:65, Mark 14:64, Luke 5:21, John 10:33, Revelation 13:5; ὄνομα βλασφημίας , Revelation 13:1; Revelation 17:3; c. gem obj., Matthew 12:31; πρὸς τ . θεόν , Revelation 13:6 (Cremer, 570; DB, i, 305; DCG, ii, 423).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

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