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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:39 - And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:28 - “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:29 - but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:10 - And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:65

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:39 - One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him,[fn] saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:36 - do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ 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[fn] saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:37 - For you have brought these men here who are neither sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:8 - And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:16 - So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:13 - when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:20 - among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1 - Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants[fn] regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:5 - to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:2 - to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:7 - Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:4 - With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:14 - If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory[fn] and of God rests upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:2 - And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - and especially those who indulge[fn] in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12 - But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:8 - Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:10 - But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:6 - It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[fn] that is, those who dwell in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9 - They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed[fn] the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11 - and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:21 - And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds[fn] each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
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