the Fourth Week of Advent
Click here to learn more!
Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #989 - βλάσφημος
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
- speaking evil, slanderous, reproachful, railing, abusive
- Book
- Word
- Parsing
did not use
this Strong's Number
βλάσφημ-ος, ον, s
1. peaking ill-omened words, evil-speaking, Arist. Rh. 1398b11: c. gen., against.., Plu. 2.1100d, etc.
2. of words, slanderous, libellous, δέδοικα μὴ βλάσφημον μὲν εἰπεῖν ἀληθὲς δ' ᾖ D. 9.1, cf. Luc. Alex. 4 (Sup.). Adv. -μως Philostr. VA 4.19, App. BC 2.126.
3. blasphemous, ἔθνη LXX 2 Maccabees 10:4; ῥήματα Acts 6:11; λαλεῖν βλάσφημα Revelation 13:5 : Subst., blasphemer, LXX 2 Maccabees 9:28; 1 Timothy 1:13, etc.
βλάσφημος, βλάσφημον (βλάξ sluggish, stupid, and φήμη speech, report (others, βλάπτω (which see) and φήμη)), speaking evil, slanderous, reproachful, railing, abusive: Acts 6:11 (ῤήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωυσῆν καί τόν Θεόν); (Acts 6:13 Rec. (ῤήματα βλάσφημα κατά τοῦ τόπου τοῦ ἁγίου)); 2 Peter 2:11 (see βλασφημία, a.); Revelation 13:5 (Lachmann); βλάσφημος as a substantive, a blasphemer: 1 Timothy 1:13; 2 Timothy 3:2. (Isaiah 66:3; Wis. 1:6; Sir. 3:16; 2 Macc. 9:28; (
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights rserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
βλάσφημος , -ον
(< βλασ , of uncertain deriv., v. Thayer, Boisacq; + φήμη , speech),
[in LXX: Isaiah 66:3 (H205 H1288), Wisdom of Solomon 1:6, Sirach 3:16, 2 Maccabees 9:28; 2 Maccabees 10:4; 2 Maccabees 10:16 *;]
(a) evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous: Acts 6:11, 2 Timothy 3:2, 2 Peter 2:11 (cf. Judges 1:9);
(b) as subst. a blasphemer: 1 Timothy 1:13 (Cremer, 570).†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
The more special sense of irreverence towards God which β . and its derivatives have acquired, though not inherent in the word itself (cf. James 2:7, 2 Peter 2:11), may be illustrated from Vettius Valens p. 44.4 εἰς θεοὺς βλασφημοῦσιν ἢ ἐπίορκοι καὶ ἄθεοι καθίστανται , 58.12 εἰς τὰ θεῖα βλασφημοῦντες , 67.20 πολλὰ βλασφημήσει θεούς (for construction cf. 4 Kings 19.6 , 22). Thumb (Hellen. p. 178) remarks on the word as a genuine piece of ";Biblical Greek,"; that is a word which has acquired a technical meaning in association with Jewish and Christian religion. The etymology which seems to suit best its original meaning of ";injurious speaking";—βλάψ , the reduced form of βλάβος , and φη -μί —is not without phonetic difficulties : see Brugmann-Thumb Gr..4 p. 117f. (where it is accepted with some hesitation), and for an alternative (Brugmann’s) Boisacq Lex. s.v.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
