2001 Translation

DYSPHĒMA, dysphēma

Sounds Like: DYS-fay-mah

Translations: evil-speaking, slanderous, blasphemous, abusive, evil things, slanderous things, blasphemous things, abusive things

From the root: ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'evil-speaking,' 'slanderous,' or 'blasphemous.' It describes something that is spoken or said in a harmful, abusive, or impious manner. It is a compound word formed from 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'difficult,' and 'φήμη' (phēmē), meaning 'speech' or 'report.' In this form, it is the neuter plural, often used to describe 'evil things' or 'slanderous things.'

Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative

Strong’s number: G1426 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 23:1, 49:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΙ — slanderous, blasphemous, evil-speaking, ill-spoken, infamous
• ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΙΣ — (to) slanderous, (to) abusive, (to) evil-speaking, (to) ill-spoken
• ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΣ — evil-speaking, abusive, slanderous, defamatory, disgraceful, ill-spoken of, infamous

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