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Lexicon :: Strong's H8581 - tāʿaḇ

Aa
תָּעַב
Transliteration
tāʿaḇ
Pronunciation
taw-ab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2530

Strong’s Definitions

תַּעָב taʻâb, taw-ab'; a primitive root; to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest:—(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H8581 in the following manner: abhor (14x), abominable (6x), abominably (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H8581 in the following manner: abhor (14x), abominable (6x), abominably (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to abhor, be abominable, do abominably

    1. (Niphal) to be abhorred, be detested

      1. in the ritual sense

      2. in the ethical sense

    2. (Piel)

      1. to loathe, abhor, regard as an abomination

        1. in the ritual sense

        2. in the ethical sense

      2. to cause to be an abomination

    3. (Hiphil) to make abominable, do abominably

      1. in the ritual sense

      2. in the ethical sense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּעָב taʻâb, taw-ab'; a primitive root; to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest:—(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), × utterly.
STRONGS H8581: Abbreviations
† [תָּעַב] verb denominative Niph. Pi.: Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִתְעַב 1 Chronicles 21:6; Participle נִתְעָב Isaiah 14:19; Job 15:16; — be abhorred:
1. ritual sense: נֵצֶר נִתְעָב Isaiah 14:19 an abhorred (rejected) branch)< נֵץ vulture, the unclean scavenger bird); נִתְעָב וֶנֶאֱלָךְ֑ Job 15:16 abhorred and corrupt, from disease (נאלח elsewhere Psalm 14:3 = Psalm 53:4 || התעיב).
2. ethically: David's census, according to 1 Chronicles 21:6.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural suffix תִּעֲבוּנִי Job 9:31 + 2 times; Imperfect יְתָעֵב Psalm 106:40; Psalm 5:7 (read 2nd person masculine singular תְּתַעֵב); 3rd person feminine singular תְּתַעֵב Psalm 107:18; 2nd person masculine singular תְּתַעֵב Deuteronomy 23:8 (twice in verse), etc.; Infinitive absolute תַּעֵב Deuteronomy 7:26; Participle מְתָעֵב Isaiah 49:7 (but see above), + Amos 6:8 (so read for מְתָאֵב GeiUrschrift 349 We Now Marti Harper); plural מְתַעֲבִים Micah 3:9; —
1. regard as an abomination, abhor:
a. ritual sense:
(1) of God; with accusative of Israel, because of idols Psalm 106:40.
(2) of man: with accusative, of abomination Deuteronomy 7:26 (twice in verse), compare Deuteronomy 23:8 (twice in verse); Job Job 19:19; Job 30:10.
b. ethically:
(1) of God; || שׂנא, with accusative: אישׁ דמים ומרמה Psalm 5:7 (Amos 6:8 see II. תאב).
(2) of man; with accusative מִשְׁמָּט Micah 3:9, דֹּבֵר תָּמִים Amos 5:10 (|| שׂנא), שֶׁקֶר Psalm 119:163 (|| שׂנא).
c. physically: with accusative כָּלאֹֿכֶל Psalm 107:18.
2. cause to be an abomination: with accusative, ritual sense Ezekiel 16:25; Job, from filthy garments Job 9:31; מְתָעֵב גּוֺי Isaiah 49:7 (|| בְּזִה נֶפֶשׁ) (read probably Pu. מְתִעַב, as Oort SS Bu Du).
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person feminine singular הִתְעַבְתְּ Ezekiel 16:52; 3rd person masculine plural הִתְעִיבוּ Psalm 14:1 = Psalm 53:2; Imperfect וַיַּתְעֵב 1 Kings 21:26; — make abominable, do abominably:
1. ritual sense: with accusative of thing, Ezekiel 16:52; לְ with infinitive 1 Kings 21:26.
2. ethically: with accusative עלילה Psalm 14:1 = Psalm 53:2 (עול).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

7:26; 7:26; 23:8; 23:8

1 Kings

21:26; 21:26

1 Chronicles

21:6; 21:6

Job

9:31; 9:31; 15:16; 15:16; 19:19; 30:10

Psalms

5:7; 5:7; 14:1; 14:1; 14:3; 53:2; 53:2; 53:4; 106:40; 106:40; 107:18; 107:18; 119:163

Isaiah

14:19; 14:19; 49:7; 49:7

Ezekiel

16:25; 16:52; 16:52

Amos

5:10; 6:8; 6:8

Micah

3:9; 3:9

H8581

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8581 matches the Hebrew תָּעַב (tāʿaḇ),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26 - He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 - Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 - <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 - Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his people, and he was angry with his heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But you, like a birth before its time, are stretched out with no resting-place in the earth; clothed with the bodies of the dead who have been put to the sword, who go down to the lowest parts of the underworld; a dead body, crushed under foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:25 - You put up your high places at the top of every street, and made the grace of your form a disgusting thing, opening your feet to everyone who went by, increasing your loose ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through your sins, which are more disgusting than theirs, they are more upright than you: truly, you will be shamed and made low, for you have made your sisters seem upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10 - They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.
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