Greek noun (feminine) · G988
βλασφημία
blasphemiablas-fay-me'-ah
blasphemy
18 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: blasphēmía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G988is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G988
vilification (especially against God)
The King James renders it: blasphemy, evil speaking, railing.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
blasphemia is rendered "blasphemy". It stands 18 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Five of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Matthew 12:31βλασφημία
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's eighteen uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- blasphemy6
- slander5
- blasphemies4
- of blasphemy2
- slanders1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βλασφημίας8
- βλασφημία4
- βλασφημίαι3
- βλασφημίαν3
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular4N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural3N-APF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural3N-NPF
Matthew
four uses
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
- βλασφημίαblasphemianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: blasphemy
- βλασφημίαblasphemianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: blasphemy
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- βλασφημίαιblasphemiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: slanders
At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
- βλασφημίανblasphemiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: blasphemy
Mark
three uses
Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
- βλασφημίαιblasphemiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: blasphemies
greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
- βλασφημίαblasphemianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: slander
You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: blasphemy
Luke
one use
But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: blasphemies
John
one use
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: blasphemy
Ephesians
one use
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- βλασφημίαblasphemianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: slander
Colossians
one use
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- βλασφημίανblasphemiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: slander
1 Timothy
one use
he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
- βλασφημίαιblasphemiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: slander
Jude
one use
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: blasphemy
Revelation
five uses
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- βλασφημίανblasphemiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: slander
Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of blasphemy
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: blasphemies
And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: blasphemies
And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
- βλασφημίαςblasphemiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of blasphemy
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.