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Lexicon :: Strong's G948 - bdelyssō

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βδελύσσω
Transliteration
bdelyssō (Key)
Pronunciation
bdel-oos'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a (presumed) derivative of bdeo (to stink)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:598,*

Strong’s Definitions

βδελύσσω bdelýssō, bdel-oos'-so; from a (presumed) derivative of βδέω bdéō (to stink); to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry):—abhor, abominable.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G948 in the following manner: abhor (1x), abominable (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G948 in the following manner: abhor (1x), abominable (1x).
  1. to render foul, to cause to be abhorred

  2. abominable

  3. to turn one's self away from on account of the stench

  4. metaph. to abhor, detest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βδελύσσω bdelýssō, bdel-oos'-so; from a (presumed) derivative of βδέω bdéō (to stink); to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry):—abhor, abominable.
STRONGS G948:
βδελύσσω: (βδέω quietly to break wind, to stink);
1. to render foul, to cause to be abhorred: τὴν ὀσμήν, Exodus 5:21; to defile, pollute: τὰς ψυχάς, τ. ψυχήν, Leviticus 11:43; Leviticus 20:25; 1 Macc. 1:48; perfect passive participle ἐβδελυγμένος abominable, Revelation 21:8, (Leviticus 18:30; Proverbs 8:7; Job 15:16; 3 Macc. 6:9; βδελυσσόμενος, 2 Macc. 5:8). In native Greek writings neither the active nor the passive is found.
2. βδελύσσομαι; deponent middle (1 aorist ἐβδελυξάμην often in the Sept. [Josephus, b. j. 6, 2, 10]; in Greek writings deponent passive, and from Aristophanes down); properly, to turn oneself away from on account of the stench; metaphorically, to abhor, detest: τί, Romans 2:22.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
5:21
Leviticus
1; 11:43; 18:30; 20:25
Job
15:16
Proverbs
8:7
Romans
2:22
Revelation
21:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G948 matches the Greek βδελύσσω (bdelyssō),
which occurs 34 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you [fn]and have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and the more they [fn]spread out, so that they dreaded the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said to them, “May the LORD look upon you and judge you, because you have made [fn]us repulsive in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - and they shall be detestable to you; you may not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 -

‘Moreover, these you shall detest among the birds; they are detestable, not to be eaten: the [fn]eagle, the vulture, and the [fn]buzzard,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘Do not make [fn]yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - ‘So you are to keep your [fn]commitment to Me not to practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘Furthermore, you shall not [fn]follow the customs of the nation which I am going to drive out before you, because they did all these things; therefore I have felt disgust for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - ‘You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make [fn]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird, or by anything [fn]that crawls on the ground, which I have distinguished for you as unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11 - ‘Moreover, I will make My [fn]dwelling among you, and My soul will not [fn]reject you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - “And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become designated for destruction, like it; you are to utterly detest it, and you are to utterly loathe it, for it is something designated for destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 -

“You shall not loathe an [fn]Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not loathe an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - He also acted very despicably in following idols, conforming to everything that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out from the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 -

Then You would plunge me into the pit,

And my own clothes would loathe me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 -

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt:

A person who drinks [fn]malice like water!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 -

“All [fn]my associates loathe me,

And those I love have turned against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 -

“They loathe me and stand aloof from me,

And they do not [fn]refrain from spitting in my face.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 -

You destroy those who speak lies;

The LORD loathes the person of bloodshed and deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, they have committed detestable acts;

There is no one who does good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 -

And those who repay evil for good,

They become my enemies, because I follow what is good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;

There is no one who does good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 -

All day long they distort my words;

All their [fn]thoughts are against me for evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 -

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people,

And He loathed His [fn]inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 -

Their souls loathed all kinds of food,

And they came close to the gates of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 -

I hate and loathe falsehood,

But I love Your Law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 -

One who turns his ear away from listening to the Law,

Even his prayer is an abomination.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 -

“But you have been hurled out of your tomb

Like [fn]a rejected branch,

[fn]Clothed with those killed who have been pierced with a sword,

Who go down to the stones of the pit

Like a trampled corpse.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 -

This is what the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,

Says to the [fn]despised One,

To the One abhorred by the nation,

To the Servant of rulers:

“Kings will see and arise,

Princes will also bow down,

Because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 -

Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His word:

“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you on account of My name,

Have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, so that we may see your joy.’

But they will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 -

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;

I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.

But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [fn]shame,

And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10 -

They hate him who rebukes in the [fn]gate,

And they despise him who speaks with integrity.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 -

The Lord [fn]GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of armies has declared:

“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,

And [fn]detest his citadels;

Therefore I will give up the city and [fn]all it contains.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 -

Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob

And rulers of the house of Israel,

Who despise justice

And twist everything that is straight,

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