Acts 26:11:10Acts.26.11.W10TAB
βλασφημεῖν
blasphêmein
“to blaspheme”
- Transliteration
- blas-phê-MEIN
- Extended
- blahs-phay-MEIN
- IPA
- /blas.pʰɛːˈmiːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to blaspheme
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
blas-phê-MEIN
- sentence
kai ka-TA PA-sas tas sy-na-gô-GAS pol-LA-kis ti-mô-RÔN au-TOUS ê-NA-gka-zon blas-phê-MEIN pe-ris-SÔS te em-mai-NO-me-nos au-TOIS e-DI-ô-kon HE-ōs kai eis tas EK-sō PO-leis
Exegesis
The infinitive blasphēmein {βλασφημεῖν | blasphēmeîn} ‘to blaspheme’ functions as the complementary infinitive that expresses the forced outcome of this compulsion.
Root and etymology
blasphēmosbeta–lambda–alpha–sigma–phi–eta–mu–omicron–sigma
“speaking evil, slanderous”
In context — Acts 26:11
And in all the synagogues I often punished them, and I compelled them to blaspheme ; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even as far as the outer cities.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 26:11, so the Greek word βλασφημεῖν (blasphêmein) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.26.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.11.W10.S1) and character.