Words the Bible translates as blaspheme
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- blasphēmeōβλασφημέωto blaspheme: to speak against God, his name, or sacred things in a way that assaults his honor
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- to revile: to slander, insult, or defame a person or their reputation
- ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
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- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
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- to blossom: (of the almond tree) to break into bloom
- naqavנָקַבto make a hole through something by boring or piercing it
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- to mark someone or something out distinctly, especially by naming: to designate or specify by name
- to speak against God by uttering his Name, taken as blaspheming or cursing him
- gadaphגָּדַףto attack someone with cutting, contemptuous words, and when God is the target, to blaspheme him
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