Word

βλασφημία

blasphēmía · G988 · Greek · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

to revile, to defame, to blaspheme, reviling

To speak against someone in such a way as to harm or injure his or her reputation (occurring in relation to persons as well as to divine beings)

Examples
Matthew 15:19 “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and slanderous statements.
Mark 7:22 deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
John 10:33 The Jews answered Him, “We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
serious insult or blasphemy

The content of a defamation

Examples
Matthew 12:31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? See, you have now heard the blasphemy;
Mark 3:28 “Truly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons and daughters of men, and whatever blasphemies they commit;

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πνεῦμαspirit 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

βλασφημέωto blaspheme, to revile 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 3
αἴρωto take up, to take away, to carry 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

ἀκούωto hear 2
λαλέωto speak 2
ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto 2
περίconcerning, about, for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ὄνομαname 2
κρίσιςjudgment 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To revile, to defame, to blaspheme, reviling33.400: Used of irreverent or defaming speech generally, as of blasphemy listed among sins that will be forgiven in Matthew 12:31 and slander listed among the evil things that come from the heart in Mark 7:22.
Serious insult, blasphemy33.401: Used of grave irreverence toward God specifically, as of the blasphemy against the Spirit that will not be forgiven in Matthew 12:31 and the blasphemy charged against Jesus in Matthew 26:65.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βλάπτω bláptō · G984 · to harm, to hurt, to injure · 2×βλασφημέω blasphēméō · G987 · to blaspheme, to defame · 35×βλασφημίαblasphēmía · G988βλάσφημος blásphēmos · G989 · insulting, slanderous, blasphemous · 4×βλαβερός blaberós · G983 · harmful · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon βλασφημίας, ἡ, railing, reviling (Vulg.blasphemia); a. universally, slander, detraction,…

βλασφημίας, ἡ, railing, reviling (Vulg.blasphemia);
a. universally, slander, detraction, speech injurious to another's good name: Mt 12:31; Mt 15:19; Mk 3:28; Mk 7:22; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; 1 Tim 6:4; Jude 1:9 (κρίσις βλασφημίας, equivalent to κρίσις βλάσφημος in 2 Pet 2:11, a judgment pronounced in reproachful terms); Rev 2:9.
b. specifically, impious and reproachful speech injurious to the divine majesty: Mt 26:65; Mk 2:7 (R G); ; Lk 5:21; Jn 10:33; Rev 13:5 (not Lachmann); ὄνομα or ὀνόματα βλασφημίας equivalent to βλάσφημα (cf. Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 b.; (Buttmann, § 132, 10)): Rev 13:1; Rev 17:3 (R G Tr, see γέμω); τοῦ πνεύματος, genitive of the object, Mt 12:31; πρός τόν Θεόν, Rev 13:6. (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others; for נֶאָצָה Ezek 35:12.) (BB. DD. under the word ; Campbell, Diss. on the Gospels, diss. ix. part ii.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Insult, Slander18 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0