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GREEK · G989
blasphēmos — blasphemous
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)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2636
katalalia — slander
κατα-λαλιά, -ᾶς, ἡ (κατάλαλος), [in LXX: Wis.1:11 * ;] evil-speaking, railing: p1., 2Co.12:20, 1Pe.2:1.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1426
dusphēmia — slander
δυσφημία, -ας, ἡ (δύσφημος, slanderous), [in LXX: 1Ma.7:38, 3Ma.2:20 * ;] evil-speaking, defamation: opposite to εὐφημία, 2Co.6:8.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Is expressly forbidden (Titus 3:2; James 4:11), and severe punishments are denounced against it (1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10). It is spoken of also with abhorrence (Ps. 15:3; Prov. 18:6, 7), and is foreign to the whole Christian character and the example of Christ.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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