ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΥ, δυσφημου
DYSPHĒMOU, dysphēmou
Sounds Like: dys-FEE-moo
Translations: of evil report, of ill repute, of slander, of blasphemy, to speak evil of, to slander, to blaspheme
From the root: ΔΥΣΦΗΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Adjective
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'δυσφημέω' (dysphēmeō) or the adjective 'δύσφημος' (dysphēmos). As a verb, it means 'to speak evil of,' 'to slander,' or 'to blaspheme.' As an adjective, it means 'of evil report' or 'ill-reputed.' In the provided examples, 'ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΥ' appears to be a genitive singular form, likely referring to someone or something that is 'of ill repute' or 'slanderous,' or it could be a verbal noun meaning 'of slander' or 'of blasphemy.'
Inflection: Genitive, Singular, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1426 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 15:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΦΗΜΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΦΗΜΕΩ — to speak evil of, to revile, to slander, to defame
- ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — being defamed, being slandered, being reviled, being spoken ill of
- ΔΥΣΦΗΜΟΥΝΤΕΣ — slandering, speaking evil of, defaming
- ἘΔΥΣΦΗΜΗΣΑΝ — they blasphemed, they spoke evil of, they slandered, they reviled
- ΕΔΥΣΦΗΜΗΣΑΝ — they blasphemed, they spoke evil of, they reviled, they slandered
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