Blasphemia denotes speech treated as an affront, including accusations, hostile utterances, and names marked by such speech.

The term denotes speech treated as an affront or hostile accusation: it appears in lists of conduct to reject, in accusations concerning divine claims or forgiveness, and in descriptions of speech and names set against God.

1. Affronting speech or accusation · dominant

   The noun occurs among harmful conduct in 1 Timothy 6:4 and Colossians 3:8, where the APB renders the surrounding lists with "blasphemies" and "slander." In John 10:33 and Luke 5:21 it names the charge connected with making oneself God or speaking in connection with forgiveness; Revelation 13:6 places it in the creature's speech "against God," while Revelation 17:3 describes names marked by it.

   1 Timothy 6:4Colossians 3:8John 10:33Luke 5:21Revelation 13:6Revelation 17:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun as "blasphemy" or "blasphemies," while rendering the ethical-list occurrence in Colossians 3:8 as "slander." These English choices show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed rendering for every form.