Strong’s definition
scurrilious, i.e. calumnious (against men), or (specially) impious (against God)
KJV gloss list in the source
blasphemer(-mous), railing
Derivation recorded by Strong
from a derivative of G984 (βλάπτω) and G5345 (φήμη);
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