βλασφημέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=pf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> βεβλασφήμηκα <span class="bibl">D.18.10</span>:—[[speak profanely of sacred things]], εἰς θεούς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>381e</span>; [[offer rash prayers]], Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.149c; <b class="b3">β. κατά τινος</b> [[utter imprecations]] against, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.180</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[speak ill]] or [[speak to the prejudice of]] one, [[slander]], περὶ τῆς ἐμῆς διατριβῆς <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.2</span>, cf. D.l.c., ib.82; β. κατά τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.65</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>44</span>; ὅσα εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐβλασφήμησαν <span class="bibl">D.51.3</span>; β. τινά <span class="bibl">Babr.71.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>23.39</span>, etc.: abs., <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.8</span> O.:—Pass., to [[have evil spoken of one]], βεβλασφημημένους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Vit.</span>p.12</span> J., cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>10.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[speak impiously of God]] or [[speak irreverently of God]], [[blaspheme]], εἰς τὸν Κύριον <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Da.</span>3.29(96)</span>; εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>3.29</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὰ θεῖα</b> Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">58.12</span>; τοὺς θεούς <span class="bibl">Id.67.20</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ma.</span>10.34</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>9.3</span>.</span>

|astxt=[[βλασφημέω]], -ῶ (< [[βλάσφημος]]), [in LXX: IV Ki 19:4 (יכח hi.) ib. 6, 22 (גּדף pi.), Is 52:5 (נאץ hith.), Da LXX 3:29 (96) (אמר שׁלח), To 1:18, Da TH [[Bel]] 9, II Mac 2 *;] <br /><b class="num">1.</b>to [[speak]] [[lightly]] or profanely of [[sacred]] things (in cl., opp. of [[εὐφημέω]]), esp. to [[speak]] [[impiously]] of God, to [[blaspheme]], [[speak]] [[blasphemously]]: absol., Mt 9:3 26:65, Mk 2:7, Jo 10:36, Ac 26:11, I Ti 1:20, II Pe 2:12; τ. θεόν, Ac 19:37, Re 16:11, 21; τὸ [[ὄνομα]] τ. θεοῦ, Re 13:6 16:9; [[δόξας]], Ju 3, II Pe 2:10; [[εἰς]] τὸ [[πνεῦμα]] τὸ [[πνεῦμα]] τὸ ἅγιον, Mk 3:29, Lk 12:10. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>to [[revile]], [[rail]] at, [[slander]]: absol., Lk 22:65, Ac 13:45 18:6, I Pe 4:4; c. acc., Mt 27:39, Mk 3:28 15:29, Lk 23:39, Tit 3:2, Ja 2:7, Ju 10. Pass.: Ro 2:24 3:8 14:16, I Co 10:30, I Ti 6:1, Tit 2:5, II Pe 2:2 (Cremer, 570).†