(2) of blasphemia, "what is hurtful to the good name of anyone," "detraction," "slander" (
Eph 4:31 the Revised Version (British and American), "railing"; compare
1Ti 6:4;
Jude 1:9;
Col 3:8); the verb blasphemeo is rendered to "speak evil of" (
Ro 14:16;
1Co 10:30;
Tit 3:2, etc.); to "speak evil" occurs in
Mr 9:39 as the translation of kakologeo, "lightly (the Revised Version (British and American) "quickly") speak evil of me";
Ac 19:9 the King James Version "spake evil of that way." In
Ps 140:11, we have "evil-speaker" as the translation of ?ish lashon, "a man of tongue"; so the Revised Version (British and American). The wrong thing condemned as evil-speaking seems to be essentially detraction, what is hurtful to the reputation, and it is often too lightly regarded even among Christians.