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Strong's G989 · Greek

βλάσφημος

blasphemos · blas'-fay-mos

from a derivative of 984 and 5345; scurrilious, i.e. calumnious (against men), or (specially) impious (against God)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

βλάσφημος (G989)

4 βλάσφημος , -ον ( βλασ- , of uncertain deriv., v. Thayer, Boisacq; + φήμη , speech), [in LXX: Is 66:3 ( מְבָרֵךְ אָוֶן ), Wi 1:6 , Si 3:16 , II Mac 9:28 10:4 , 36 * ;] evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous : Ac 6:11 , II Ti 3:2 , II Pe 2:11 (cf. Ju 9 ); as subst. a blasphemer : I Ti 1:13 (Cremer, 570).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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