{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G988",
  "lemma": "βλασφημία",
  "transliteration": "blasphēmía",
  "definition": "vilification (especially against God)",
  "kjv": "blasphemy, evil speaking, railing",
  "occurrences": 23,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G989",
      "lemma": "βλάσφημος",
      "transliteration": "blásphēmos",
      "meaning": "scurrilious, i.e. calumnious",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 12:31",
      "text": "Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 15:19",
      "text": "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 26:65",
      "text": "Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=65"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 3:28",
      "text": "“Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/3?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 7:22",
      "text": "covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 14:64",
      "text": "You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/14?v=64"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 5:21",
      "text": "The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/5?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "John 10:33",
      "text": "The Judeans answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/10?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ephesians 4:31",
      "text": "Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/ephesians/4?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Colossians 3:8",
      "text": "but now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/colossians/3?v=8"
    }
  ],
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