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GreekG0989Adjective

βλάσφημος

blasphēmos

5Occurrences
G0989Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

scurrilious, i.e. calumnious (against men), or (specially) impious (against God)

from a derivative of G984 (βλάπτω) and G5345 (φήμη);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(a) evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous: (b) as subst. a blasphemer.
LXX: (מְבָרֵךְ אָוֶן), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

βλάσφημος appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
1 Timothy
1
2 Peter
1
2 Timothy
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 1:13BSB

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

2 Peter 2:11BSB

Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

2 Timothy 3:2BSB

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

Acts 6:11BSB

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

Acts 6:13BSB

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.