βλασφημέω

βλασφημέω, -ῶ

(βλάσφημος), [in LXX: 2 Kong 19,4 (יכח hi.) ib. 6, 22 (גּדף pi.), Es 52,5 (נאץ hith.), Dan LXX 3:29 (96) (אמר שׁלח), Tob 1,18, Da TH Bel 9, 2Ma.2 * ;]

1. to speak lightly or profanely of sacred things (in cl., opp. of εὐφημέω), esp. to speak impiously of God, to blaspheme, speak blasphemously: absol., Matt 9,3; 26,65, Mark 2,7, Joh 10,36, ApG 26,11, 1 Tim 1,20, 2 Pet 2,12; τ. θεόν, ApG 19,37, Åb 16,11, 21; τὸ ὄνομα τ. θεοῦ, Åb 13,6; 16,9; δόξας, Jud 3, 2 Pet 2,10; εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, Mark 3,29, Luk 12,10.

2. to revile, rail at, slander: absol., Luk 22,65, ApG 13,45; 18,6, 1 Pet 4,4; with accusative, Matt 27,39, Mark 3,28; 15,29, Luk 23,39, Tit 3,2, Jak 2,7, Jud 10. Pass.: Rom 2,24; 3,8; 14,16, 1 Kor 10,30, 1 Tim 6,1, Tit 2,5, 2 Pet 2,2 (Cremer, 570).

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