To blaspheme
גָּדַףStrong’s H1442gadaph (ga-daph)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gadaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “have blasphemed”, “have you blasphemed” and “blaspheming”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.”
Meaning
- To revile men, blaspheme God(Piel)
How it's translated
- they have blasphemed 2
- and have you blasphemed 2
- blaspheming 1
- and reviles 1
- they blasphemed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 2
- Isaiah 2
- Numbers 1
- Psalms 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 19:6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
- 2 Kings 19:22Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
- Isaiah 37:6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
- Ezekiel 20:27Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּדַף gadaph · to blaspheme
1) to revile men, blaspheme God 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to revile (between men) 1a2) to blaspheme (God)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “blaspheme” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLASPHE'ME, verb transitive
[Gr. The first syllable is the same as in blame, blasme, denoting injury; Latin loedo, loesus; The last syllable is the Gr., to speak.]
- To speak of the Supreme Being in terms of impious irreverence; to revile or speak reproachfully of God, or the Holy Spirit. 1 Kings 21:10Mark 3:28
- To speak evil of; to utter abuse or calumny against; to speak reproachfully of.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.