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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 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 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 grieved because of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour 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 Box Lev 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:11 - They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 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 Box Lev 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth 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 - And 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 - Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 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 stranger in his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody 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 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 Box Psa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm 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 Box Psa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 - Every day they wrest 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 was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto 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 thy law do I love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 - He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 - But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus saith the LORD, 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 also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and 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 firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD 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 Box Mic 3:9

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