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blasphemy [blaspheme]

See also accuse, curse, fault, slander
  1. skur pa/ 

    Biblical: defamation, slander, accusation, blasphemy: skur pa de khyed cag gis da lta thos yod/  now you have heard the blasphemy (Mt. 26:65).

  2. skur pa 'debs/ 

    p. btab/  f. gdab/  imp. thob/ 

    Biblical: to speak falsely against, to defame, to accuse, blaspheme or slander: 'dis skur pa 'debs so/  this fellow is blaspheming (Mt. 9:3), skur ba 'debs pa 'di khyed tshos thos/  you have heard this blasphemy (Mk. 14:64), mo she dang dkon mchog la skur pa btab pa/  blasphemy against Moses and against God (Acts 6:11), dkon mchog la skur pa 'debs so/  God's [name] is blasphemed (Rom. 2:24).

    Buddhist: skur 'debs/  to defame someone or to assert that a Bst. doctrine is untrue (TRI 16).

  3. smod/ 

    p. smad/  f. smad/  imp. smod/ 

    Biblical: to blaspheme, dishonor, or slander: nga tsho'i lha mo la'ang ma smad do/  [they have] not blasphemed our goddess (Acts 19:37), mi shes pa de la smad pas/  blaspheme in matters they do not understand (2 Pet. 2:12), ngas yab la bstod pas khyed tshos nga la smad do/  I honor my Father and you dishonor me (Jn. 8:49), ma shi ka pa'i spyod lam bzang por smad mkhan rnams/  those who slander Christians' good behavior (1 Pet. 3:16).