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<div> [['''A]]  1: βλασφημία ''' (Strong'S #988  Noun [[Feminine]]  blasphemia  blas-fay-me'-ah ) </div> <p> either from blax, "sluggish, stupid," or, probably, from blapto, "to injure," and pheme, "speech," (Eng. "blasphemy") is so translated thirteen times in the [[Rv,]] but "railing" in &nbsp;Matthew 15:19; &nbsp;Mark 7:22; &nbsp;Ephesians 4:31; &nbsp;Colossians 3:8; &nbsp;1 Timothy 6:4; &nbsp;Jude 1:9 . The word "blasphemy" is practically confined to speech defamatory of the [[Divine]] Majesty. See Note, below. See [[Evil Speaking]] , Railing. </p> <div> [['''B]]  1: βλασφημέω ''' (Strong'S #987  Verb  blasphemeo  blas-fay-meh'-o ) </div> <p> "to blaspheme, rail at or revile," is used (a) in a general way, of any contumelious speech, reviling, calumniating, railing at, etc., as of those who railed at Christ, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 27:39; &nbsp;Mark 15:29; &nbsp;Luke 22:65 [[(Rv,]] "reviling"); &nbsp; Luke 23:39; (b) of those who speak contemptuously of God or of sacred things, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 9:3; &nbsp;Mark 3:28; &nbsp;Romans 2:24; &nbsp;1 Timothy 1:20; &nbsp;6:1; &nbsp;Revelation 13:6; &nbsp;16:9,11,21; "hath spoken blasphemy," &nbsp;Matthew 26:65; "rail at," &nbsp;2 Peter 2:10; &nbsp;Jude 1:8,10; "railing," &nbsp;2 Peter 2:12; "slanderously reported," &nbsp;Romans 3:8; "be evil spoken of," &nbsp;Romans 14:16; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:30; &nbsp;2 Peter 2:2; "speak evil of," &nbsp;Titus 3:2; &nbsp;1 Peter 4:4; "being defamed," &nbsp;1 Corinthians 4:13 . The verb (in the present participial form) is translated "blasphemers" in &nbsp;Acts 19:37; in &nbsp;Mark 2:7 , "blasphemeth," [[Rv,]] for [[Av,]] "speaketh blasphemies." </p> [[Defame]][[Rail]][[Report]]Revile. <div> [['''C]]  1: βλάσφημος ''' (Strong'S #989  Adjective  blasphemos  blas'-fay-mos ) </div> <p> "abusive, speaking evil," is translated "blasphemous," in &nbsp;Acts 6:11,13; "a blasphemer," &nbsp;1 Timothy 1:13; "railers," &nbsp;2 Timothy 3:2 , [[Rv;]] "railing," &nbsp;2 Peter 2:11 . See Rail. </p> &nbsp;Matthew 12:32

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