βλασφημέω
Transliteration
blasphēmeō (Key)
Pronunciation
blas-fay-meh'-o
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From βλάσφημος (G989)
mGNT
35x in 22 unique form(s) TR
35x in 22 unique form(s) LXX
4x in 4 unique form(s)
βλασφημεῖ — 1x
βλασφημεῖν — 3x
Βλασφημεῖς — 1x
βλασφημείσθω — 1x
βλασφημεῖται — 2x
βλασφημηθήσεται — 1x
βλασφημῆσαι — 1x
βλασφημήσαντι — 1x
βλασφημήσῃ — 1x
βλασφημήσωσιν — 1x
βλασφημῆται — 2x
βλασφημοῦμαι — 1x
βλασφημούμεθα — 1x
βλασφημούμενοι — 1x
βλασφημοῦντας — 1x
βλασφημοῦντες — 5x
βλασφημούντων — 1x
βλασφημοῦσιν — 3x
ἐβλασφήμει — 1x
ἐβλασφήμησαν — 3x
Ἐβλασφήμησεν — 1x
ἐβλασφήμουν — 2x
βλασφημεῖ — 2x
βλασφημείσθω — 1x
βλασφημεῖν — 3x
βλασφημεῖς — 1x
βλασφημεῖται — 1x
βλασφημηθήσεται — 1x
βλασφημῆσαι — 1x
βλασφημήσαντι — 1x
βλασφημήσῃ — 1x
βλασφημήσωσιν — 1x
βλασφημῆται — 2x
βλασφημοῦμαι — 1x
βλασφημούμεθα — 1x
βλασφημοῦντας — 1x
βλασφημοῦντες — 5x
βλασφημούντων — 1x
βλασφημοῦσιν — 3x
δυσφημούμενοι — 1x
ἐβλασφήμει — 1x
ἐβλασφήμησαν — 3x
ἐβλασφήμησεν — 1x
ἐβλασφήμουν — 2x
βλασφημεῗν — 1x
βλασφημεῗται — 1x
ἐβλασφήμησαν — 1x
ἐβλασφήμησας — 1x
Dictionary Aids

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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References

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