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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 2 times in 2 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12 - “Then you will know [fn]that I, Yahweh, have heard all your [fn]contempt which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are given to us for food.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or tongue that says anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way.”
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