Lexicon :: Strong's G988 - blasphēmia

βλασφημία

Transliteration

blasphēmia (Key)

Pronunciation

blas-fay-me'-ah

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From βλάσφημος (G989)

Greek Inflections of βλασφημία [?]

mGNT
18x in 4 unique form(s) TR
19x in 5 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)

βλασφημία — 4x

βλασφημίαι — 3x

βλασφημίαν — 4x

βλασφημὶας — 1x

βλασφημίας — 7x

βλασφημία — 4x

βλασφημίαι — 3x

βλασφημίαν — 3x

βλασφημίας — 8x

βλασφημίαν — 1x

βλασφημιῶν — 1x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:621,107

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.]

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

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View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 12:31

Mat 12:31 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy^G988 shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy^G988 against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

Mat 15:19

Mat 15:19 - For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:^G988

Mat 26:65

Mat 26:65 - Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.^G988

Mar 2:7

Mar 2:7 - Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies?^G988 who can forgive sins but God only?

Mar 3:28

Mar 3:28 - Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies^G988 wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

Mar 7:22

Mar 7:22 - Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy,^G988 pride, foolishness:

Mar 14:64

Mar 14:64 - Ye have heard the blasphemy:^G988 what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

Luk 5:21

Luk 5:21 - And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies?^G988 Who can forgive sins, but God alone?

Jhn 10:33

Jhn 10:33 - The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy;^G988 and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

Eph 4:31

Eph 4:31 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking,^G988 be put away from you, with all malice:

Col 3:8

Col 3:8 - But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,^G988 filthy communication out of your mouth.

1Ti 6:4

1Ti 6:4 - He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings,^G988 evil surmisings,

Jde 1:9

Jde 1:9 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing^G988 accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Rev 2:9

Rev 2:9 - I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy^G988 of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

Rev 13:1

Rev 13:1 - And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.^G988

Rev 13:5

Rev 13:5 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies;^G988 and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

Rev 13:6

Rev 13:6 - And he opened his mouth in blasphemy^G988 against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

Rev 17:3

Rev 17:3 - So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,^G988 having seven heads and ten horns.