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Lexicon :: Strong's G987 - blasphēmeō

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βλασφημέω
Transliteration
blasphēmeō (Key)
Pronunciation
blas-fay-meh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
35x in 22 unique form(s) TR
35x in 22 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:621,107

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

†βλασφημέω blasphēméō, blas-fay-meh'-o; from G989; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously:—(speak) blaspheme(-er, -mously, -my), defame, rail on, revile, speak evil.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's G987 in the following manner: blaspheme (17x), speak evil of (10x), rail on (2x), blasphemer (1x), speak blasphemy (1x), blasphemously (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's G987 in the following manner: blaspheme (17x), speak evil of (10x), rail on (2x), blasphemer (1x), speak blasphemy (1x), blasphemously (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme

  2. to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†βλασφημέω blasphēméō, blas-fay-meh'-o; from G989; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously:—(speak) blaspheme(-er, -mously, -my), defame, rail on, revile, speak evil.
STRONGS G987:
βλασφημέω, -ῶ; imperfect ἐβλασφήμουν; 1 aorist ἐβλασφήμησα; passive [present βλασφημοῦμαι]; 1 future βλασφημηθήσομαι; (βλάσφημος, which see); to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate (Vulg. blasphemo); absolutely: Luke 22:65; Acts 13:45; Acts 18:6; Acts 26:11; 1 Timothy 1:20; 1 Peter 4:4; with accusative of person or thing (as in later Greek, Josephus, Plutarch, Appian, etc.): Matthew 27:39; Mark 3:28 L T Tr WH; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:39; Titus 3:2; James 2:7; Jude 1:10; with the cognate noun βλασφημίαν, to utter blasphemy (Plato, legg. 7, p. 800 c.; see ἀγαπάω at the end), Mark 3:28 R G (where L T Tr WH ὅσα for ὅσας, see above); [followed by ἐν, 2 Peter 2:12; cf. Alexander Buttmann as at end, and see ἀγνοέω, a.]. Passive βλασφημοῦμαι to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at: Romans 3:8; Romans 14:16; 1 Corinthians 4:13 (T WH Tr marginal reading δυσφημούμενοι); 1 Corinthians 10:30; Titus 2:5; 2 Peter 2:2; τὸ ὄνομά τινος, Romans 2:24; 1 Timothy 6:1. Specifically, of those who by contemptuous speech intentionally come short of the reverence due to God or to sacred things (for גִדֵּף, 2 Kings 19:6, 22 cf. 2 Kings 19:4; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 10:34); absolutely: Matthew 9:3; Matthew 26:65; Mark 2:7 L T Tr WH; [John 10:36]; τὸν θεόν, Revelation 16:11, 21; τὴν θεάν, Acts 19:37 (G L T Tr WH τὴν θεόν); τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ, Revelation 13:6; Revelation 16:9; τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ (βλασφημεῖται), 1 Peter 4:14 Rec.; δόξας, Jude 1:8; 2 Peter 2:10 (see δόξα, III. 3 b. γ.); εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγ. Mark 3:29; Luke 12:10 (εἰς θεούς, Plato, rep. 2, p. 381 e.). The earlier Greeks say βλασφ. εἴς τινα, περί or κατά τινος; [on the N. T. constructions cf. Winers Grammar, 222 (208); 629 (584); Buttmann, 146 (128)].

Related entry:
δυσφημέω, -ῶ: [present passive δυσφημοῦμαι]; (δύσφημος); to use ill words, defame; passive to be defamed, 1 Corinthians 4:13 T WH Tr marginal reading (1 Macc. 7:41; in Greek writings from Aeschylus Agam. 1078 down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
19:4; 19:6; 19:22
Matthew
9:3; 26:65; 27:39
Mark
2:7; 3:28; 3:28; 3:29; 15:29
Luke
12:10; 22:65; 23:39
John
10:36
Acts
13:45; 18:6; 19:37; 26:11
Romans
2:24; 3:8; 14:16
1 Corinthians
4:13; 4:13; 10:30
1 Timothy
1:20; 6:1
Titus
2:5; 3:2
James
2:7
1 Peter
4:4; 4:14
2 Peter
2:2; 2:10; 2:12
Jude
1:8; 1:10
Revelation
13:6; 16:9; 16:11; 16:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G987 matches the Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēmeō),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:3 - And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:39 - And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:28 - Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:29 - but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:10 - And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:65

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:65 - And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:39 - And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:36 - say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:45 - But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:37 - For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:24 - For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:8 - and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:16 - Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:13 - being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:30 - If I partake with thankfulness, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:20 - of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1 - Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:5 - to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:2 - to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:7 - Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:4 - wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:14 - If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:2 - And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12 - But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:8 - Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:10 - But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:6 - And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell in the heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9 - And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11 - and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:21 - And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.
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