Words the Bible translates as loathe
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 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
- 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
- busבּוּסto trample down: to tread an enemy, a place, or a thing into the ground, crushing it in triumph or contempt
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- to lie thrashing in one's own blood: of a newborn left to die, to sprawl and kick in the blood of birth
- 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
- zahamזָהַםto loathenot studied yet
- ta'avתָּאַבto loathenot studied yet
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