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Lexicon :: Strong's G987 - blasphēmeō

Aa
βλασφημέω
Transliteration
blasphēmeō (Key)
Pronunciation
blas-fay-meh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
35x in 22 unique form(s) TR
35x in 22 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 4 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:621,107

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

†βλασφημέω blasphēméō, blas-fay-meh'-o; from G989; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously:—(speak) blaspheme(-er, -mously, -my), defame, rail on, revile, speak evil.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's G987 in the following manner: blaspheme (17x), speak evil of (10x), rail on (2x), blasphemer (1x), speak blasphemy (1x), blasphemously (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's G987 in the following manner: blaspheme (17x), speak evil of (10x), rail on (2x), blasphemer (1x), speak blasphemy (1x), blasphemously (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme

  2. to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†βλασφημέω blasphēméō, blas-fay-meh'-o; from G989; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously:—(speak) blaspheme(-er, -mously, -my), defame, rail on, revile, speak evil.
STRONGS G987:
βλασφημέω, -ῶ; imperfect ἐβλασφήμουν; 1 aorist ἐβλασφήμησα; passive [present βλασφημοῦμαι]; 1 future βλασφημηθήσομαι; (βλάσφημος, which see); to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate (Vulg. blasphemo); absolutely: Luke 22:65; Acts 13:45; Acts 18:6; Acts 26:11; 1 Timothy 1:20; 1 Peter 4:4; with accusative of person or thing (as in later Greek, Josephus, Plutarch, Appian, etc.): Matthew 27:39; Mark 3:28 L T Tr WH; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:39; Titus 3:2; James 2:7; Jude 1:10; with the cognate noun βλασφημίαν, to utter blasphemy (Plato, legg. 7, p. 800 c.; see ἀγαπάω at the end), Mark 3:28 R G (where L T Tr WH ὅσα for ὅσας, see above); [followed by ἐν, 2 Peter 2:12; cf. Alexander Buttmann as at end, and see ἀγνοέω, a.]. Passive βλασφημοῦμαι to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at: Romans 3:8; Romans 14:16; 1 Corinthians 4:13 (T WH Tr marginal reading δυσφημούμενοι); 1 Corinthians 10:30; Titus 2:5; 2 Peter 2:2; τὸ ὄνομά τινος, Romans 2:24; 1 Timothy 6:1. Specifically, of those who by contemptuous speech intentionally come short of the reverence due to God or to sacred things (for גִדֵּף, 2 Kings 19:6, 22 cf. 2 Kings 19:4; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 10:34); absolutely: Matthew 9:3; Matthew 26:65; Mark 2:7 L T Tr WH; [John 10:36]; τὸν θεόν, Revelation 16:11, 21; τὴν θεάν, Acts 19:37 (G L T Tr WH τὴν θεόν); τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ, Revelation 13:6; Revelation 16:9; τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ (βλασφημεῖται), 1 Peter 4:14 Rec.; δόξας, Jude 1:8; 2 Peter 2:10 (see δόξα, III. 3 b. γ.); εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγ. Mark 3:29; Luke 12:10 (εἰς θεούς, Plato, rep. 2, p. 381 e.). The earlier Greeks say βλασφ. εἴς τινα, περί or κατά τινος; [on the N. T. constructions cf. Winers Grammar, 222 (208); 629 (584); Buttmann, 146 (128)].

Related entry:
δυσφημέω, -ῶ: [present passive δυσφημοῦμαι]; (δύσφημος); to use ill words, defame; passive to be defamed, 1 Corinthians 4:13 T WH Tr marginal reading (1 Macc. 7:41; in Greek writings from Aeschylus Agam. 1078 down.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
19:4; 19:6; 19:22
Matthew
9:3; 26:65; 27:39
Mark
2:7; 3:28; 3:28; 3:29; 15:29
Luke
12:10; 22:65; 23:39
John
10:36
Acts
13:45; 18:6; 19:37; 26:11
Romans
2:24; 3:8; 14:16
1 Corinthians
4:13; 4:13; 10:30
1 Timothy
1:20; 6:1
Titus
2:5; 3:2
James
2:7
1 Peter
4:4; 4:14
2 Peter
2:2; 2:10; 2:12
Jude
1:8; 1:10
Revelation
13:6; 16:9; 16:11; 16:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G987 matches the Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēmeō),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:3 - And some G5100 of the scribes G1122 said G3004 [fn]to themselves, G1438 “This G3778 fellow blasphemes.” G987

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then G5119 the high G749 priest G749 tore G1284 his [fn]robes G2440 and said, G3004 “He has blasphemed! G987 What G5101 further G2089 need G5532 do we have G2192 of witnesses? G3144 Behold, G2396 you have now G3568 heard G191 the blasphemy; G988

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:39 - And those G3588 passing G3899 by were [fn]hurling G987 abuse G987 at Him, wagging G2795 their heads G2776

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:7 - “Why G5101 does this G3778 man G3778 speak G2980 that way? G3779 He is blaspheming; G987 who G5101 can G1410 forgive G863 sins G266 [fn]but God G2316 alone?” G1520

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:28 - “Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, all G3956 sins G265 shall be forgiven G863 the sons G5207 of men, G444 and whatever G3745 G1437 blasphemies G988 they utter; G987

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:29 - but whoever G3739 G302 blasphemes G987 against G1519 the Holy G40 Spirit G4151 never G3756 G1519 G165 has G2192 forgiveness, G859 but is guilty G1777 of an eternal G166 sin” G265—

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - Those G3588 passing G3899 by were [fn]hurling G987 abuse G987 at Him, wagging G2795 their heads, G2776 and saying, G3004 “Ha! G3758 You who are going to destroy G2647 the temple G3485 and rebuild G3618 it in three G5140 days, G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:10 - “And everyone G3956 who G3739 [fn]speaks G3004 a word G3056 against G1519 the Son G5207 of Man, G444 it will be forgiven G863 him; but he who blasphemes G987 against G1519 the Holy G40 Spirit, G4151 it will not be forgiven G863 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:65

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:65 - And they were saying G3004 many G4183 other G2087 things G4183 against G1519 Him, blaspheming. G987

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:39 - One G1520 of the criminals G2557 who were hanged G2910 there was [fn]hurling G987 abuse G987 at Him, saying, G3004 “Are You not the [fn]Christ? G5547 Save G4982 Yourself G4572 and us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:36 - do you say G3004 of Him, whom G3739 the Father G3962 sanctified G37 and sent G649 into the world, G2889 ‘You are blaspheming,’ G987 because G3754 I said, G3004 ‘I am G1510 the Son G5207 of God’? G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:45 - But when the Jews G2453 saw G3708 the crowds, G3793 they were filled G4130 with jealousy G2205 and began contradicting G483 the things G2980 spoken G2980 by Paul, G3972 and were [fn]blaspheming. G987

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - But when they resisted G498 and blasphemed, G987 he shook G1621 out his garments G2440 and said G3004 to them, “Your blood G129 be on your own heads! G2776 I am clean. G2513 From now G3568 on I will go G4198 to the Gentiles.” G1484

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:37 - “For you have brought G71 these G3778 men G435 here who are neither G3777 robbers G2417 of temples G2417 nor G3777 blasphemers G987 of our goddess. G2299

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:11 - “And as I punished G5097 them often G4178 in all G3956 the synagogues, G4864 I tried to force G315 them to blaspheme; G987 and being furiously G4057 enraged G1693 at them, I kept pursuing G1377 them even G2193 to [fn]foreign G1854 cities. G4172

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:24 - For “THE NAME G3686 OF GOD G2316 IS BLASPHEMED G987 AMONG G1722 THE GENTILES G1484 BECAUSE G1223 OF YOU,” just G2531 as it is written. G1125

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:8 - And why not say (as we are slanderously G987 reported G987 and as some G5100 claim G5346 that we say), G3004 “Let us do G4160 evil G2556 that good G18 may come”? G2064 [fn]Their condemnation G2917 is just. G1738

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:16 - Therefore G3767 do not let what G18 is for you a good G18 thing G18 be [fn]spoken G987 of as evil; G987

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:13 - when we are slandered, G6022 we try to [fn]conciliate; G3870 we have become G1096 as the scum G4027 of the world, G2889 the dregs G4067 of all G3956 things, G3956 even until G2193 now. G737

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:30 - If G1487 I partake G3348 with thankfulness, G5485 why G5101 am I slandered G987 concerning G5228 that for which G3739 I give G2168 thanks? G2168

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:20 - [fn]Among these G3739 are Hymenaeus G5211 and Alexander, G223 whom G3739 I have handed G3860 over G3860 to Satan, G4567 so G2443 that they will be taught G3811 not to blaspheme. G987

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1 - All G3745 who G3745 are under G5259 the yoke G2218 as slaves G1401 are to regard G2233 their own G2398 masters G1203 as worthy G514 of all G3956 honor G5092 so G2443 that the name G3686 of God G2316 and our doctrine G1319 will not be [fn]spoken G987 against. G987

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:5 - to be sensible, G4998 pure, G53 workers G3626 at home, G3626 kind, G18 being subject G5293 to their own G2398 husbands, G435 so G2443 that the word G3056 of God G2316 will not be dishonored. G987

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:2 - to malign G987 no G3367 one, G3367 to be peaceable, G269 gentle, G1933 showing G1731 every G3956 consideration G4240 for all G3956 men. G444

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:7 - Do they not blaspheme G987 the fair G2570 name G3686 [fn]by which you have been called? G1941

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:4 - In all this, G3739 they are surprised G3579 that you do not run G4936 with them into the same G846 excesses G401 of dissipation, G810 and they malign G987 you;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:2 - Many G4183 will follow G1811 their sensuality, G766 and because G1223 of them the way G3598 of the truth G225 will be maligned; G987

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:10 - and especially G3122 those G3588 who [fn]indulge G4198 the flesh G4561 in its corrupt G3394 desires G1939 and despise G2706 authority. G2963 Daring, G5113 self-willed, G829 they do not tremble G5141 when they revile G987 angelic [fn]majesties, G1391

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:12 - But these, G3778 like G5613 unreasoning G249 animals, G2226 born G1080 as creatures G5446 of instinct G5446 to be captured G259 and killed, G5356 reviling G987 where G1722 G3739 they have G50 no G50 knowledge, G50 will in [fn]the destruction G5356 of those G3778 creatures also G2532 be destroyed, G5351

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:8 - Yet G3305 in the same G3668 way G3668 these G3778 men, G3778 also G2532 by dreaming, G1797 defile G3392 the flesh, G4561 and reject G114 authority, G2963 and revile G987 [fn]angelic majesties. G1391

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:10 - But these G3778 men G3778 revile G987 the things which G3745 they do not understand; G6063 and the things which G3745 they know G1987 by instinct, G5447 like G5613 unreasoning G249 animals, G2226 by these G3778 things G3778 they are [fn]destroyed. G5351

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:6 - And he opened G455 his mouth G4750 in blasphemies G988 against G4314 God, G2316 to blaspheme G987 His name G3686 and His tabernacle, G4633 that is, those G3588 who [fn]dwell G4637 in heaven. G3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9 - Men G444 were scorched G2739 with [fn]fierce G3173 heat; G2738 and they blasphemed G987 the name G3686 of God G2316 who has G2192 the power G1849 over G1909 these G3778 plagues, G4127 and they did not repent G3340 so as to give G1325 Him glory. G1391

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11 - and they blasphemed G987 the God G2316 of heaven G3772 because G1537 of their pains G4192 and their sores; G1668 and they did not repent G3340 of their deeds. G2041

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:21 - And huge G3173 [fn]hailstones, G5464 about G5613 [fn]one G5006 hundred G5006 pounds G5006 each, *came G2597 down G2597 from heaven G3772 upon men; G444 and men G444 blasphemed G987 God G2316 because G1537 of the plague G4127 of the hail, G5464 because G3754 its plague G4127 *was extremely G4970 [fn]severe. G3173
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