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Lexicon :: Strong's G948 - bdelyssō

Aa
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 thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - and they shall be an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:26

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:31 -
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch,
And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 -
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt,
A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 -
All my familiar friends abhor me,
And they whom I loved are turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 -
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me,
And spare not to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 -
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies:
Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works;
There is none that doeth good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 -
They also that render evil for good
Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity;
There is none that doeth good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:40 -
Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people,
And he abhorred his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 -
Their soul abhorreth all manner of food;
And they draw near unto the gates of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 -
I hate and abhor falsehood;
But thy law do I love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 -
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:10 - They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
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