Editing Blasphemy (section)

==Etymology==
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The word ''{{linktext|blasphemy}}'' came via [[Middle English]] {{lang|enm|blasfemen}} and [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|blasfemer}} and [[Late Latin]] {{lang|la|{{linktext|blasphemare}}}} from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{linktext|βλασφημέω}}, from βλασ, "injure" and φήμη, "utterance, talk, speech". From ''blasphemare'' also came Old French {{lang|fro|blasmer}}, from which the English word ''[[blame]]'' came. Blasphemy: 'from Gk. blasphemia "a speaking ill, impious speech, [[slander]]," from blasphemein "to speak evil of."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=blasphemy|title=Online Etymology Dictionary – Blasphemy|publisher=Etymonline.com|access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> "In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps. 74:18; Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Rev. 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It denotes also any kind of calumny, or evil-speaking, or abuse (1 Kings 21:10 [[Septuagint|LXX]]; Acts 13:45; 18:6, etc.)."<ref>(from Easton's Bible Dictionary) {{bibleverse|Romans|2:24|9}} – {{bibleverse|Revelation.13:1, 6; Rev.16:9, 11, 21|multi=yes}} – {{bibleverse|1Kings.21:10; Acts.13:45; Acts.18:6|multi=yes}}</ref>