Strong's Hebrew · H8581
תַּעָב
taʻâb · taw-ab'
Definitionto loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.
Occurrences22 in the KJV · 20 verses
תַּעָב in Scripture
Deuteronomy 7:26
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
Deuteronomy 23:7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
1 Kings 21:26
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king' s word was abominable to Joab.
Job 9:31
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 15:16
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Job 19:19
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Job 30:10
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms 14:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalms 53:1
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Psalms 106:40
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
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