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βλασφημία

Strong’s: G988

Associated OET lemmas: βλασφημία

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: βλασφημία; -ας

Related lemmas: βλασφημέω

Sense 1: to revile, to defame, to blaspheme, reviling

Semantic entry: 33.400

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Insult, Slander

Definition: to speak against someone in such a way as to harm or injure his or her reputation (occurring in relation to persons as well as to divine beings)

Notes: One way in which βλασφημέω and βλασφημία[a] were used in speaking of defaming God was by claiming some kind of equality with God. Any such statement was regarded by the Jews of biblical times as being harmful and injurious to the nature of God.

MAT 15:19: RV MAT 15:19 · LV MAT 15:19 · Read together MAT 15:19

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OET-RV MAT 15:19

19 ⇔After all, lust, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, falsely accusing, and slander, these all come out of the mind.

OET-LV MAT 15:19

19 For/Because out _of the heart are _coming _out evil speculations, murders, adulteries, sexual _immorality, thefts, false _witnesses, slander.

MRK 7:22: RV MRK 7:22 · LV MRK 7:22 · Read together MRK 7:22

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Combined passage: org MRK 7:21–22 (native MRK 7:21–22; verse text cannot be split).

OET-RV MRK 7:21-22

21-22 ⇔“That’s because evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, lust, slander, pride, and foolishness all come from inside people’s hearts and minds.

OET-LV MRK 7:22

22 greediness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, eyeing evil, slander, pride, foolishness.

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 15:19 · LV MAT 15:19 · Read together MAT 15:19

MRK: RV MRK 7:22 · LV MRK 7:22 · Read together MRK 7:22

JHN: RV JHN 10:33 · LV JHN 10:33 · Read together JHN 10:33

EPH: RV EPH 4:31 · LV EPH 4:31 · Read together EPH 4:31

COL: RV COL 3:8 · LV COL 3:8 · Read together COL 3:8

TI1: RV TI1 6:4 · LV TI1 6:4 · Read together TI1 6:4

JDE: RV JDE 1:9 · LV JDE 1:9 · Read together JDE 1:9

REV: RV REV 2:9 · LV REV 2:9 · Read together REV 2:9

Sense 2: serious insult, blasphemy

Semantic entry: 33.401

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Insult, Slander

Definition: (derivative of βλασφημέω ‘to blaspheme,’ 33.400: βλασφημέω / 33.400: βλασφημία) the content of a defamation

MAT 12:31: RV MAT 12:31 · LV MAT 12:31 · Read together MAT 12:31

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OET-RV MAT 12:31

31 That’s why I’m telling you that people can be forgiven for all kinds of sin and slander, except that slandering God’s spirit won’t be forgiven.

OET-LV MAT 12:31

31 Because _of this I _am _saying to _you _all, every sin and slander will _be _being _forgiven to _the people, but the slander of _the spirit ˓will˒_ not _be _being _forgiven.

MAT 26:65: RV MAT 26:65 · LV MAT 26:65 · Read together MAT 26:65

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OET-RV MAT 26:65

65 Then the chief priest tore his robes and said, “He belittled God. Why would we need more witnesses after that? See here, you all heard him slander God.

OET-LV MAT 26:65

65 Then the chief _priest tore the robes of _him saying:
He _slandered, why are _we _having anymore need of _witnesses?
Behold, now you _all _heard the slander.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 12:31 · RV MAT 26:65 · LV MAT 12:31 · LV MAT 26:65 · Read together MAT 12:31 · Read together MAT 26:65

MRK: RV MRK 3:28 · RV MRK 14:64 · LV MRK 3:28 · LV MRK 14:64 · Read together MRK 3:28 · Read together MRK 14:64

LUK: RV LUK 5:21 · LV LUK 5:21 · Read together LUK 5:21

REV: RV REV 13:1 · RV REV 13:5–6 · RV REV 17:3 · LV REV 13:1 · LV REV 13:5–6 · LV REV 17:3 · Read together REV 13:1 · Read together REV 13:5–6 · Read together REV 17:3