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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 Box Gen 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing 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 were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - and they said to them, "The LORD look upon you and judge, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have 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 remain an abomination to you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall have in abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - "And these you shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - You shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms; and you shall not defile yourselves with them, lest you become unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and never to 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 customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11 - And I will make my abode among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house, and become accursed like it; you shall utterly detest and 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 E'domite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - He did very abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the people of Israel.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 - yet thou wilt plunge me into a 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 one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They abhor me, they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - Thou destroyest those who speak lies; the LORD abhors bloodthirsty and deceitful men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none that does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 - All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 - Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his heritage;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - they loathed any kind 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 falsehood, but I love thy law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 - If one 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, away from your sepulchre, like a loathed untimely birth, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the Pit, like a dead body trodden under foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who 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 hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree, in its first season, I saw your fathers. But they came to Ba'al-pe'or, and consecrated themselves to Ba'al, and became detestable like the thing they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10 - They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord GOD has sworn by himself (says the LORD, the God of hosts): "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his strongholds; and 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 - 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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