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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)
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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - and they said, “May the LORD look on you and judge you! You have made us obnoxious to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - And since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - “ ‘These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle,[fn] the vulture, the black vulture,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - “ ‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11 - I will put my dwelling place[fn] among you, and I will not abhor you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the LORD drove out before Israel.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 - you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, LORD, detest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - For the director of music. Of David. The fool[fn] says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - [fn]For the director of music. According to mahalath.[fn] A maskil[fn] of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 - All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 - Therefore the LORD was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 - If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - This is what the LORD says— the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel— to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: “Your own people who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy!’ Yet they will be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10 - There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Sovereign LORD has sworn by himself—the LORD God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right;
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