Words the Bible translates as abhor
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
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- to flow away or run: to dissolve and drain off like water or a sore
- bdelussomaiβδελύσσομαιto abhornot studied yet
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
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- to blossom: (of the almond tree) to break into bloom
- ta'avתַּעָבto abhor: to find someone or something detestable and turn away from it in loathing
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- to act abominably: to commit deeds so detestable they become an abomination, especially before God
- za'amזָעַםto condemn in anger: to burn with indignation against someone, and to voice that anger as a denunciation or curse.
- ga'alגָּעַלto loathe: to turn against someone or something in deep disgust and push it away
- qutsקוּץto be sick of someone or something: to feel a revulsion built up past the point of bearing it, whether it comes out as disgust or as dread
- shaqatsשִׁקֵּץto treat as detestable: to brand something loathsome and push it away in disgust
- apostugeōἀποστυγέωto abhornot studied yet
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