Definition

scurrilious, i.e. calumnious (against men), or (specially) impious (against God)

Etymology

from a derivative of G984 (βλάπτω) and G5345 (φήμη);

Word family

• βλάπτω bláptō
• φήμη phḗmē

How the KJV renders it

• blasphemer(-mous)
• railing

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.