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Lexicon :: Strong's G988 - blasphēmia

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βλασφημία
Transliteration
blasphēmia (Key)
Pronunciation
blas-fay-me'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:621,107

Strong’s Definitions

βλασφημία blasphēmía, blas-fay-me'-ah; from G989; vilification (especially against God):—blasphemy, evil speaking, railing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G988 in the following manner: blasphemy (16x), railing (2x), evil speaking (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G988 in the following manner: blasphemy (16x), railing (2x), evil speaking (1x).

  1. slander, detraction, speech injurious, to another's good name

  2. impious and reproachful speech injurious to divine majesty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βλασφημία blasphēmía, blas-fay-me'-ah; from G989; vilification (especially against God):—blasphemy, evil speaking, railing.
STRONGS G988:
βλασφημία, -ας, 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]; Mark 14:64; 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; πρὸς τὸν θεόν, Revelation 13:6. (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others; for נֶאָצָה Ezekiel 35:12.) [BB. DD. under the word Blasphemy; Campbell, Diss. on the Gospels, diss. 9, part 2.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
35:12
Matthew
12:31; 12:31; 15:19; 26:65
Mark
2:7; 3:28; 7:22; 14:64
Luke
5:21
John
10:33
Ephesians
4:31
Colossians
3:8
1 Timothy
6:4
2 Peter
2:11
Jude
1:9
Revelation
2:9; 13:1; 13:5; 13:6; 17:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G988 matches the Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmia),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:31 - Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 - For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

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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 Mar 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:7 - Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?

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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 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22 - covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:64 - Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21 - And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:33 - The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:31 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:8 - but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:4 - he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:9 - But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:9 - I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1 - and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:5 - and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.

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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 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:3 - And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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