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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
blaspheme .
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blasphemed, or insulted, as it is understood by Grotius, who confirms this rendering from the Hebrew of Levit.xxiv. 11, where in this passage the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord.
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old George Bethune English 1807
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But God must be insulted, his name blasphemed, his laws trampled under foot, yet he must have no hell to put such a wretch in, no devil to torment him.
Great Fortunes and How They Were Made McCabe, Jr James D 1887
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But God must be insulted, his name blasphemed, his laws trampled under foot, yet he must have no hell to put such a wretch in, no devil to torment him.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made James Dabney McCabe 1862
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Thy name blasphemed, thy temple's courts profaned?
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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But this tender compassion must cause pain in us because of the evils, and encouragement and joy because of the blessings, which follow from them -- truly one and the other feeling; for who can refrain from weeping at the sight of an offended God, at His holy name blasphemed,
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As nothing grieves the saints more than to hear God's name blasphemed, so nothing encourages them more to hope that God will appear against their enemies than when they have arrived at such a pitch of wickedness as to reproach God himself; this fills the measure of their sins apace and hastens their ruin.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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In this chapter the apostle condemns a sinful regarding of the rich, and despising the poor, which he imputes to partiality and injustice, and shows it to be an acting contrary to God, who has chosen the poor, and whose interest is often persecuted, and his name blasphemed, by the rich, ver.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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We often overlook that word "blasphemed" in that verse.
Staying Home is Not a Waste of Time if You Don't Waste It 2008
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False doctrine and immoral practice generally go together (2Pe 2: 18, 19). by reason of whom -- "on account of whom," namely, the followers of the false teachers. the way of truth shall be evil spoken of -- "blasphemed" by those without, who shall lay on Christianity itself the blame of its professors 'evil practice.
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Ephesus) were seized with the dream of freedom from every yoke; and so virtually "'blasphemed" (compare 1Ti 1: 20) God's name by "speaking evil of dignities" (1Ti 6: 1; 2Pe 2: 10; Jude 8).
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