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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blasphemy \Blas"phe*my\, n. [L. blasphemia Gr ?: cf OF blasphemie.] 1. An indignity offered to God in words writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to or used in reference to God; speaking evil of God; also the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity. Note: When used generally in statutes or at common law, blasphemy is the use of irreverent words or signs in reference to the Supreme Being in such a way as to produce scandal or provoke violence. 2. Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification. Punished for his blasphemy against learning. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blasphemy n 1: blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) 2: blasphemous behavior [syn: {profanation}, {desecration}, {sacrilege}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Blasphemy In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps 74:18; Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Rev. 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It denotes also any kind of calumny, or evil-speaking, or abuse (1 Kings 21:10; Acts 13:45; 18:6, etc.). Our Lord was accused of blasphemy when he claimed to be the Son of God (Matt. 26:65; comp. Matt. 9:3; Mark 2:7). They who deny his Messiahship blaspheme Jesus (Luke 22:65; John 10:36). Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28, 29; Luke 12:10) is regarded by some as a continued and obstinate rejection of the gospel, and hence is an unpardonable sin, simply because as long as a sinner remains in unbelief he voluntarily excludes himself from pardon. Others regard the expression as designating the sin of attributing to the power of Satan those miracles which Christ performed, or generally those works which are the result of the Spirit's agency.
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