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βλασφημία

blasphēmiablasphemyHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine18 occurrences9 books17 verses

Definition

βλασφημία, -ας, ἡ

(βλάσφημος), [in LXX: Ezekiel 35:12 (נֶאָצָה), Daniel 3:29 (96) (שׁלה), Tob.1.18, 1Ma.2.6, 2Ma.8.4; 10:35; 15:24 * ;]

(a) railing slander: Matthew 12:31; 15:19, Mark 3:28; 7:22, Ephesians 4:31, Colossians 3:8, 1 Timothy 6:4, Jude 9, Revelation 2:9

(b) spec., impious speech against God, blasphemy: Matthew 26:65, Mark 14:64, Luke 5:21, John 10:33, Revelation 13:5; ὄνομα βλασφημίας, Revelation 13:1; 17:3; with genitive obj. Matthew 12:31; πρὸς τ. θεόν, Revelation 13:6 (Cremer, 570; DB, i, 305; DCG ii, 423).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

18 total
  1. Matthew 12:31βλασφημία · blasphemy; βλασφημία · blasphemy
    Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
  2. Matthew 15:19βλασφημίαι · [and] slander
    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
  3. Matthew 26:65βλασφημίαν · blasphemy
    At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
  4. Mark 3:28βλασφημίαι · blasphemies
    Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
  5. Mark 7:22βλασφημία · slander
    …greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
  6. Mark 14:64βλασφημίας · blasphemy
    You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.
  7. Luke 5:21βλασφημίας · blasphemy
    But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
  8. John 10:33βλασφημίας · blasphemy
    “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
  9. Ephesians 4:31βλασφημία · slander
    Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
  10. Colossians 3:8βλασφημίαν · slander
    But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
  11. 1 Timothy 6:4βλασφημίαι · abusive talk
    …he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
  12. Jude 1:9βλασφημίας · a slanderous
    But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
  13. Revelation 2:9βλασφημίαν · slander
    I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
  14. Revelation 13:1βλασφημίας · blasphemous
    Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
  15. Revelation 13:5βλασφημίας · blasphemous [words]
    The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
  16. Revelation 13:6βλασφημίας · blasphemies
    And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
  17. Revelation 17:3βλασφημίας · blasphemous
    And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.