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βλασφημία

MainId: 000996000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: β

StrongCodes: G0988

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 000996001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: βλασφημία
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ας
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'βλασφημέω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 000996001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 33.400
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Insult, Slander
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-02-06 12:08:13
    DefinitionShort: 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)
    Glosses: ['to revile', 'to defame', 'to blaspheme', 'reviling']
    Comments: 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.
  LEXReferences: MAT 15:19, MARK 7:22, YHN 10:33, EPH 4:31, COL 3:8, 1TIM 6:4, YUD 1:9, REV 2:9
2. LEXID: 000996001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 33.401
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Communication
  LEXSubDomains: Insult, Slander
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-02-06 12:08:13
    DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:βλασφημέω} ‘to blaspheme,’ {D:33.400}) the content of a defamation
    Glosses: ['serious insult', 'blasphemy']
  LEXReferences: MAT 12:31, MAT 12:31, MAT 26:65, MARK 3:28, MARK 14:64, LUKE 5:21, REV 13:1, REV 13:5, REV 13:6, REV 17:3