adjective

blasfēmos

Greekβλάσφημος (blasfēmos)

Strong’sG989

slanderous

stem blasfēm-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

abusive1×blasphemer1×blasphemous1×slanderous1×

What it means

βλάσφημος, -ον

(< βλασ-, of uncertain deriv., v. Thayer, Boisacq; + φήμη, speech), [in LXX: Is 66:3 (מְבָרֵךְ אָוֶן), Wi 1:6, Si 3:16, II Mac 9:28 10:4, 36 *;]

(a) evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous: Ac 6:11, II Ti 3:2, II Pe 2:11 (cf. Ju 9);

(b) as subst. a blasphemer: I Ti 1:13 (Cremer, 570).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G989 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidblas'-fay-mos

scurrilious, i.e. calumnious (against men), or (specially) impious (against God)

Fromfrom a derivative of G984 and G5345;

King Jamesblasphemer(-mous), railing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	blasfēmos	blasfēmas	blasfēmem	blasfēmois1×βλάσφημοι	blasfēmais	blasfēmeim1×βλάσφημα
object accusative	blasfēmon1×βλάσφημον	blasfēman1×βλάσφημον		blasfēmoin	blasfēmain
direct address vocative	blasfēmor	blasfēmar		blasfēmoir	blasfēmair
of, belonging to genitive	blasfēmou	blasfēmau	blasfēmeu	blasfēmoiu	blasfēmaiu	blasfēmeiu
to, for dative	blasfēmo	blasfēma	blasfēme	blasfēmoi	blasfēmai	blasfēmei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

blasfēmstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

blasfēm is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

blasfēmamō — βλασφημέω, I speak evil against, blaspheme

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

blasfēmon“blasphemer”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Timothy 1:13“blasphemer”tem proterem arōton blasfēmon kai diōkton kai hubriston; alla elēima, hoti agnoarōtos poiama en apistia,I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

blasfēman“slanderous”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Peter 2:11“slanderous”hopou angelois ischua kai dunamia megoterois arōtois ouk feralō kata autoiu blasfēman krisian.Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

blasfēmois“abusive”subjectnominative plural1×

2 Timothy 3:2“abusive”eli gar tois anthrōpois filautois, filargurois, alazōnois, huperēfanois, blasfēmois, gonevoi apeithois, acharistois, anosiois,For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

blasfēmeim“blasphemous”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Acts 6:11“blasphemous”tote hupoballala anēroin legarōtoin hoti Akouanē autou lalarōtou rēmeim blasfēmeim eis Mōuson kai ton theon;Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”