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Strong's #988 - βλασφημία

Transliteration

blasphēmía

Phonetics

blas-fay-me'-ah

Origin

from (G989)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

1:621,107

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

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

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (19)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 5

BSB (18)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 5

CSB (18)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 5

ESV (18)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Revelation 5

KJV (19)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 5

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (18)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 5

N95 (19)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 2

Jude 1

Revelation 5

NAS (19)

Matthew 4

Mark 3

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 2

Jude 1

Revelation 5

NLT (17)

Matthew 5

Mark 2

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 10

WEB (19)

Matthew 4

Mark 4

Luke 1

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 5

YLT (16)

Matthew 4

Mark 2

John 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

1 Timothy 1

Jude 1

Revelation 5

ASV (19)

blasphemies 3

blasphemy 2

he blasphemeth 1

of blasphemy 2

railing 4

railings 2

the blasphemy 4

their blasphemies 1

BSB (18)

a slanderous 1

abusive talk 1

and slander 1

blasphemies 2

blasphemous 2

blasphemous words 1

blasphemy 6

slander 4

CSB (18)

abusive 1

blasphemies 5

blasphemous 2

blasphemy 3

slander 3

the blasphemy 3

the slander 1

ESV (18)

blasphemies 2

blaspheming 1

blasphemous 2

blasphemous words 1

blasphemy 5

slander 6

utter blasphemies 1

KJV (19)

blasphemies 5

blasphemy 11

railing 1

railings 1

speaking 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (18)

blasphemies 4

blasphemous 3

blasphemy 6

slander 4

slanders 1

N95 (19)

abusive 1

blasphemies 4

blasphemous 2

blasphemy 6

language 1

railing 1

slander 3

slanders 1

NAS (19)

abusive 2

blasphemies 3

blasphemous 2

blasphemy 5

language 1

slander 4

slanderous 1

statements 1

NLT (17)

blasphemed 1

blasphemies 2

blasphemy 9

slander 5

WEB (19)

abusive 1

and blasphemies 1

blasphemies 2

blasphemous 1

blasphemy 6

insulting 1

of blasphemous 1

slander 2

the blasphemy 3

their blasphemies 1

YLT (16)

an evil-speaking 1

evil speaking 4

evil speakings 2

evil-speaking 4

evil-speakings 2

his evil speaking 1

of evil speaking 1

of evil-speaking 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APF 1

N-ASF 5

N-GSF 6

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

ANT

N-APF 3

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

BEZ

N-APF 3

N-ASF 3

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

BGB

N-APF 2

N-ASF 5

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

BMT

N-APF 2

N-ASF 5

N-GSF 4

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

BYZ

N-APF 3

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

ELZ

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

NA26

N-APF 3

N-ASF 3

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

SBL

N-APF 3

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

SCV

N-APF 3

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

STV

N-APF 3

N-ASF 3

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

TIS

N-APF 3

N-ASF 4

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

N-APF 3

N-ASF 3

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

TRG

N-APF 3

N-ASF 3

N-GSF 5

N-NPF 3

N-NSF 4

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βλασφημία, βλασφημίας, ἡ, railing, reviling (Vulg. blasphemia);

a. universally, slander, detraction, speech injurious to another's good name: Matthew 12:31; Matthew 15:19; Mark 3:28; Mark 7:22; Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8; 1 Timothy 6:4; Jude 1:9 (κρίσις βλασφημίας, equivalent to κρίσις βλάσφημος in 2 Peter 2:11, a judgment pronounced in reproachful terms); Revelation 2:9.

b. specifically, impious and reproachful speech injurious to the divine majesty: Matthew 26:65; Mark 2:7 (R G); ; Luke 5:21; John 10:33; Revelation 13:5 (not Lachmann); ὄνομα or ὀνόματα βλασφημίας equivalent to βλάσφημα (cf. Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 b.; (Buttmann, § 132, 10)): Revelation 13:1; Revelation 17:3 (R G Tr, see γέμω); τοῦ πνεύματος, genitive of the object, Matthew 12:31; πρός τόν Θεόν, Revelation 13:6. (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others; for נֶאָצָה Ezekiel 35:12.) (BB. DD. under the word ; Campbell, Diss. on the Gospels, diss. ix. part ii.)

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

βλασφημια βλασφημία βλασφημιαι βλασφημίαι βλασφημιαν βλασφημίαν βλασφημιας βλασφημίας βλασφημιών blasphemia blasphemía blasphēmia blasphēmía blasphemiai blasphemíai blasphēmiai blasphēmíai blasphemian blasphemían blasphēmian blasphēmían blasphemias blasphemías blasphēmias blasphēmías