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βλασφημ-ία

blasphemia · ἡ

word of evil omen, profane speech

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Where it lives

  • Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
  • Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
  • 1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
  • Revelation 5 · 5.05/10k
  • Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
  • Mark 3 · 2.73/10k
  • Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
  • Matthew 4 · 2.23/10k
  • Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
  • Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
  • John 1 · 0.65/10k
  • Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

βλασφημ-ία · blasphēm-ia — LSJ

word of evil omen, profane speech

word of evil omen, profane speech, D. 25.26; βλασφημίαν ἐφθέγξατο, at a sacrifice, E. Ion 1189; εἴ τις παραστὰς τοῖς βωμοῖς βλασφημοῖ β. πᾶσαν Pl. Lg. 800c; πᾶσαν β. ἱερῶν καταχέουσι ib.d.

2 defamation, slander, of abuse

defamation, slander, Democr. 177, D. 10.36, 18.95; β. ποιεῖσθαι εἴς τινα Aeschin. 1.167, cf. Ep.Eph. 4.31; ὅλας ἁμάξας βλασφημιῶν whole cart-loads of abuse, Luc. Eun. 2.

3 irreverent speech against God, blasphemy, against

irreverent speech against God, blasphemy, ἡ εἰς τὸ θεῖον β. Men. 715: in pl., LXX Ez. 35.12, al.; τοῦ Πνεύματος against . . , Ev.Matt. 12.31; πρὸς τὸν θεόν Apoc. 13.6.

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Where it came from

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