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Evil Speaking

Is expressly forbidden (Titus 3:2; James 4:11), and severe punishments are denounced against it (1 Cor. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Study overview

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0988, G2636
Greek
βλασφημία · blasphēmía

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

βλασφημία

G0988
Transliteration
blasphēmía
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
18

Glosses

blasphemy, evil speaking, railing

Lexicon definition

vilification (especially against God)

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Evil-speaking

Is expressly forbidden (Titus 3:2; James 4:11), and severe punishments are denounced against it (1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10). It is spoken of also with abhorrence (Ps. 15:3; Prov. 18:6, 7), and is foreign to the whole Christian character and the example of Christ.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

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Nave's Topical Bible

EVIL SPEAKING

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