Blasphemous
βλάσφημοςStrong’s G0989blasphēmos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Blasphēmos is the Greek word usually translated “blasphemous”, “blasphemer” and “abusive”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.”
Meaning
Usually translated “blasphemous”, “blasphemer” and “abusive”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- blasphemous 2
- a blasphemer 1
- abusive 1
- a reviling 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- 1 Timothy 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- 2 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:11In contextWhereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
- Acts 6:11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
- Acts 6:13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- 2 Timothy 3:2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Greek dictionary
βλάσφημος blasphēmos · blasphemous
βλάσφημος, -ον (βλασ-, of uncertain deriv., see Thayer, Boisacq; + φήμη, speech), [in LXX: Isa.66:3 (מְבָרֵךְ אָוֶן), Wis.1:6, Sir.3:16, 2Ma.9:28 10:4, 36 * ;] (a) evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous: Act.6:11, 2Ti.3:2, 2Pe.2:11 (cf. Ju 9); (b) as subst. a blasphemer: 1Ti.1:13 (Cremer, 570). † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “blasphemous” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLAS'PHEMOUS, adjective
Containing blasphemy; calumnious; impiously irreverent or reproachful towards God.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.