blasphēmia · blasphemy

What it means

blasphēmia (βλασφημία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “blasphemy”.

Speech against God; also slander against someone.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Words that scorn God or what is sacred.
2. Insults against people.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• blasphemy ×11
• blasphemies ×5
• slander ×1
• slanders ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×3
• Luke×1
• John×1
• Ephesians×1
• Colossians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 12:31

  Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

• Matthew 15:19

  For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

• Matthew 26:65

  Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

• Mark 3:28

  Truly I tell you, all things will be forgiven the sons of men, the sins and the blasphemies, whatever they blaspheme;

• Mark 7:22

  adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.

• Mark 14:64

  You heard the blasphemy; what does it seem to you?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.

• Luke 5:21

  And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

• John 10:33

  The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are stoning you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

• Ephesians 4:31

  Let all bitterness and rage and wrath and shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice.

• Colossians 3:8

  But now you also put away all these things: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, obscene talk from your mouth.

• 1 Timothy 6:4

  he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a morbid craving for speculations and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,

• Jude 1:9

  But when Michael the archangel, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.

• Revelation 2:9

  I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy from those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

• Revelation 13:1

  And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten diadems, and on its heads names of blasphemy.

• Revelation 13:5

  And there was given to it a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and there was given to it authority to act for forty two months.

• Revelation 13:6

  And it opened its mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tent, those who dwell in heaven.

• Revelation 17:3

  And he carried me away into a wilderness in the Spirit; and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

And 1 more times.