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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 - ‘that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said to them, “Let the LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us abhorrent in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - ‘They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - ‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - ‘Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and therefore I abhor them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - ‘You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, and you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11 - I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - “Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - And he behaved very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 - Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will abhor me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
Who drinks iniquity like water!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - Those also who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath.” A Contemplation[fn] of David.

The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity;
There is none who does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 - All day they twist my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 - Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred His own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:163

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate and abhor lying,
But I love Your law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 - One who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But you are cast out of your grave
Like an abominable branch,
Like the garment of those who are slain,
Thrust through with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit,
Like a corpse trodden underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus says the LORD,
The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One,
To Him whom man despises,
To Him whom the nation abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall worship,
Because of the LORD who is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of the LORD,
You who tremble at His word:
“Your brethren who hated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
‘Let the LORD be glorified,
That we may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - “I found Israel
Like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your fathers
As the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season.
But they went to Baal Peor,
And separated themselves to that shame;
They became an abomination like the thing they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10 - They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,
And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself,
The LORD God of hosts says:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob,
And hate his palaces;
Therefore I will deliver up the city
And all that is in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Now hear this,
You heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And pervert all equity,
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