βλάσφημος

blasphēmos

blasphemous

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Strong’s G989Adjective4 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

blasphemous1

a blasphemer1

abusive1

a reviling1

In the text

Acts 6:11βλάσφημα
Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
1 Timothy 1:13βλάσφημον
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
2 Timothy 3:2βλάσφημοι
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
2 Peter 2:11βλάσφημον
Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

Abbott-Smith

βλάσφημος, -ον
(βλασ-, of uncertain deriv., see Thayer, Boisacq; + φήμη, speech), [in LXX: Isa.66:3 (מְבָרֵךְ אָוֶן), Wis.1:6, Sir.3:16, 2Ma.9:28 10:4, 36 * ;]

(a) evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous: Act.6:11, 2Ti.3:2, 2Pe.2:11 (cf. Ju 9);

(b) as subst. a blasphemer: 1Ti.1:13 (Cremer, 570).
† (AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.