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Strong's G988 βλασφημία (blasphemia)

Blasphemia means “blasphemy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H988 — batel (“cease”) in the Hebrew Bible.

First usage Interlinear Bible Septuagint Bible
Strong's Number G988
Language Greek
Linked Usages 25
Books 14

Strong's G988 Quick Answer

Strong's G988 βλασφημία (blasphemia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. blasphemia (blas-fay-mee'-ah) n. 1. vilification (especially against God) [from G989] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include blasphemy, against, evil, god, and speaking. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
blasphemia (blas-fay-mee'-ah) n. 1. vilification (especially against God) [from G989]
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
blasphemy, against, evil, god, and speaking

Meaning and Definition

blasphemia (blas-fay-mee'-ah) n. 1. vilification (especially against God) [from G989] KJV: blasphemy, evil speaking, railing Root(s): G989

Original Word
βλασφημία
Transliteration
blasphemia
Derivation
Root: βλάσφημος R1: 989
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G988. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

blasphemy

Usage: βλασφημία, -ας, ἡ (βλάσφημος), [in LXX: Eze.35:12 (נֶאָצָה), Da TH 3:29 (96) (שׁלה), Tob.1:18, 1Ma.2:6, 2Ma.8:4 10:35 15:24 * ;] __(a) railing slander: Mat.12:31 15:19, Mrk.3:28 7:22, Eph.4:31, Col.3:8, 1Ti.6:4, Ju 9, Rev.2:9 __(b) spec., impious speech against God, blasphemy: Mat.26:65, Mrk.14:64, Luk.5:21, Jhn.10:33, Rev.13:5; ὄνομα βλασφημίας, Rev.13:1 17:3; with genitive obj. Mat.12:31; πρὸς τ. θεόν, Rev.13:6 (Cremer, 570; DB, i, 305; DCG ii, 423).† (AS)

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How Strong's G988 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render blasphemia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

blasphemy Matthew 26:65 7× God Mark 2:7 3× against Matthew 12:31 3× evil Matthew 15:19 3× speaking Revelation 13:5

How Strong's G988 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 18 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G988 (βλασφημία) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G988 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G988 in the New Testament

18 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 12:31 KJV

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

Matthew 15:19 KJV

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Matthew 26:65 KJV

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Strong's G988 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Ezekiel 35:12 Septuagint / Brenton

and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of thy blasphemies, whereas thou hast said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food;

Daniel 3:96 Septuagint / Brenton

or language, that shall speak reproachfully against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be destroyed, and their houses shall be plundered: because there is no other God who shall be able to deliver thus.

Strong's G988 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 1:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And if the King Sennacherib had slain any, when he was come, and fled from Judea, I buried them privily; for in his wrath he killed many; but the bodies were not found, when they were sought for of the king.

1 Maccabees 2:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and Jerusalem,

2 Maccabees 8:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants, and the blasphemies committed against his name; and that he would show his hatred against the wicked.

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G988.

Ezekiel 35:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of thy blasphemies, whereas thou hast said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food;
Daniel 3:96 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
or language, that shall speak reproachfully against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be destroyed, and their houses shall be plundered: because there is no other God who shall be able to deliver thus.
Matthew 12:31 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Matthew 15:19 New Testament, KJV
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matthew 26:65 New Testament, KJV
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
Mark 2:7 New Testament, KJV
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark 3:28 New Testament, KJV
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
Mark 7:22 New Testament, KJV
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Mark 14:64 New Testament, KJV
Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
Luke 5:21 New Testament, KJV
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
John 10:33 New Testament, KJV
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Ephesians 4:31 New Testament, KJV
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Colossians 3:8 New Testament, KJV
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
1 Timothy 6:4 New Testament, KJV
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Jude 1:9 New Testament, KJV
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Revelation 2:9 New Testament, KJV
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 13:1 New Testament, KJV
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 13:5 New Testament, KJV
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Revelation 13:6 New Testament, KJV
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Revelation 17:3 New Testament, KJV
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Tobit 1:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the King Sennacherib had slain any, when he was come, and fled from Judea, I buried them privily; for in his wrath he killed many; but the bodies were not found, when they were sought for of the king.
1 Maccabees 2:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and Jerusalem,
2 Maccabees 8:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants, and the blasphemies committed against his name; and that he would show his hatred against the wicked.
2 Maccabees 10:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless upon the fifth day early twenty young men of Maccabeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies, assaulted the wall manly, and with a fierce courage killed all that they met withal.
2 Maccabees 15:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and through the might of thine arm let those be stricken with terror, that come against thy holy people to blaspheme. And he ended thus.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G988, grouped by book.

Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 35:12
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3:96
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Matthew 12:31 Matthew 15:19 Matthew 26:65
Mark 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 2:7 Mark 3:28 Mark 7:22 Mark 14:64
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 5:21
John 1 usage, New Testament
John 10:33
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 4:31
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
Colossians 3:8
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 6:4
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1:9
Revelation 5 usages, New Testament
Revelation 2:9 Revelation 13:1 Revelation 13:5 Revelation 13:6 Revelation 17:3
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1:18
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2:6
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 8:4 2 Maccabees 10:35 2 Maccabees 15:24

Strong's G988 FAQ

What does blasphemia (βλασφημία) mean?

Blasphemia (Strong's G988) is a Greek word most simply glossed "blasphemy". blasphemia (blas-fay-mee'-ah) n. 1. vilification (especially against God) [from G989]

How many times is blasphemia (βλασφημία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G988 across 14 books.

Where can I study blasphemia (βλασφημία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G988 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate blasphemia (βλασφημία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as blasphemy, against, evil, god, and speaking. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G988 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G988, with linked reader references where each row is available.