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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 18 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:31 - And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 - For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:28 - Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22 - adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:64 - “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” They all condemned him as worthy of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:21 - The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:33 - “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:31 - Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:8 - But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:4 - they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:9 - But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:9 - I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1 - The dragon[fn] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:5 - The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:6 - It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:3 - Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
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