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Lexicon :: Strong's H8441 - tôʿēḇâ

Aa
תּוֹעֵבָה
Transliteration
tôʿēḇâ
Pronunciation
to-ay-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Act part of תָּעַב (H8581)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2530a

Strong’s Definitions

תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'; or תֹּעֵבַה tôʻêbah; feminine active participle of H8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol:—abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H8441 in the following manner: abomination (113x), abominable thing (2x), abominable (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H8441 in the following manner: abomination (113x), abominable thing (2x), abominable (2x).

  1. a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable

    1. in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)

    2. in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'; or תֹּעֵבַה tôʻêbah; feminine active participle of H8581; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol:—abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
STRONGS H8441: Abbreviations
תּוֺעֵבָה 117 noun feminine abomination; — absolute ת׳ Genesis 43:32 + 21 times; תֹּעֵבָה Jeremiah 44:4; construct תּוֺעֲבַת Genesis 46:34 +; plural תּוֺעֵבוֺת Ezekiel 8:6 +; construct תּוֺעֲבוֺת Ezekiel 6:11 +, etc.; suffix תֹּעֲבֹתָיוֺ 2 Chronicles 36:8, etc.; —
1. ritual sense:
a. Israel's sacrifices, מִצְרַיִם ת׳ (genitive object) Exodus 8:22 (twice in verse) (E), compare Genesis 46:34 (J); למצרים ת׳ Genesis 43:32 (J); לְ ת׳ of physical repugnance Psalm 88:9.
b. to God and his people: ת׳ of unclean food Deuteronomy 14:3; worshipper of idols Isaiah 41:24, compare Jeremiah 2:7; various objectionable acts: לפני י׳ ת׳ Deuteronomy 24:4; י׳ ת׳ Deuteronomy 7:25 (חֵרֶם, compare Deuteronomy 7:26), Deuteronomy 17:1; Deuteronomy 18:12; Deuteronomy 22:5; Deuteronomy 23:19; Deuteronomy 27:15; offering of children (עשׂה) Deuteronomy 12:31, compare Jeremiah 32:35, also plural 2 Kings 16:3 2 Chronicles 28:3; Deuteronomy 18:9, 12 (+ witchcraft); idolatrous practices (sometimes with other illegal acts) עשׂה (כ)ת׳ Deuteronomy 13:15; Deuteronomy 17:4; Ezekiel 16:50; Ezekiel 18:12; Malachi 2:11 (intermarriage with idolaters), compare Jeremiah 44:4; usually with plural noun Deuteronomy 20:18; 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 21:2, 11; 2 Chronicles 33:2; 36:8; Jeremiah 7:10; Jeremiah 44:22; Ezekiel 8:6 + 12 times Ezekiel; compare תועבות 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezra 9:1, 11, 14; Ezekiel 5:9 + 18 times Ezekiel; of idols Deuteronomy 32:16; (תועבה) 2 Kings 23:13; Isaiah 44:19 (compare Deuteronomy 27:15); idolatrous objects 2 Chronicles 34:33; || שׁקּוצים Jeremiah 16:18 (RJE) Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 11:18, 21, (צַלְמֵי ת׳) Ezekiel 7:20; || גלולים Ezekiel 14:6, compare Ezekiel 6:9; גִּלּוּלֵי ת׳ Ezekiel 16:36.
2. ethical sense:
a. with L object of man, שְׂפָתַי ת׳ Proverbs 8:7, מלכים ת׳ Proverbs 16:12, צדיקים ת׳ Proverbs 29:27a, כסילים ת׳ Proverbs 13:19, רָשָׁע ת׳ Proverbs 29:27b, לְאָדָם ת׳ Proverbs 24:9.
b. to God and his people: ת׳ of sacrifice of wicked Proverbs 21:27 (compare Proverbs 15:8), his prayers Proverbs 28:9 compare Isaiah 1:13 (לְ ת׳), probably also Jeremiah 6:15 = Jeremiah 8:12 (of various kinds of wickedness); unchastity Leviticus 18:22; with עשׂה Leviticus 20:13 (H) Ezekiel 22:11; Ezekiel 33:26; compare תועבות Leviticus 18:26, 27, 29 (compare Leviticus 18:30; H), also Proverbs 26:25; י׳ ת׳ Deuteronomy 25:16; Proverbs 3:32 + 10 times Proverbs, compare Proverbs 6:16.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

43:32; 43:32; 46:34; 46:34

Exodus

8:22

Leviticus

18:22; 18:26; 18:27; 18:29; 18:30; 20:13

Deuteronomy

7:25; 7:26; 12:31; 13:15; 14:3; 17:1; 17:4; 18:9; 18:12; 18:12; 20:18; 22:5; 23:19; 24:4; 25:16; 27:15; 27:15; 32:16

1 Kings

14:24

2 Kings

16:3; 21:2; 21:11; 23:13

2 Chronicles

28:3; 33:2; 34:33; 36:8; 36:8; 36:14

Ezra

9:1; 9:11; 9:14

Psalms

88:9

Proverbs

3:32; 6:16; 8:7; 13:19; 15:8; 16:12; 21:27; 24:9; 26:25; 28:9; 29:27; 29:27

Isaiah

1:13; 41:24; 44:19

Jeremiah

2:7; 6:15; 7:10; 8:12; 16:18; 32:35; 44:4; 44:4; 44:22

Ezekiel

5:9; 5:11; 6:9; 6:11; 7:20; 8:6; 8:6; 11:18; 11:21; 14:6; 16:36; 16:50; 18:12; 22:11; 33:26

Malachi

2:11

H8441

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8441 matches the Hebrew תּוֹעֵבָה (tôʿēḇâ),
which occurs 118 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Pro 16:12–Eze 18:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:12 - It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,
For a throne is established by righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15 - He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD,
And dishonest scales are not good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
How much more when he brings it with wicked intent!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - The devising of foolishness is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 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 BoxPro 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27 - An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Bring no more futile sacrifices;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:24 - Indeed you are nothing,
And your work is nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - And no one considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:7 - I brought you into a bountiful country,
To eat its fruit and its goodness.
But when you entered, you defiled My land
And made My heritage an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed;
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:10 - “and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - “And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - ‘And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:4 - ‘However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - “So the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:9 - ‘And I will do among you what I have never done, and the like of which I will never do again, because of all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - “Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Pound your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3 - Now the end has come upon you,
And I will send My anger against you;
I will judge you according to your ways,
And I will repay you for all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - My eye will not spare you,
Nor will I have pity;
But I will repay your ways,
And your abominations will be in your midst;
Then you shall know that I am the LORD!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:8 - Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury,
And spend My anger upon you;
I will judge you according to your ways,
And I will repay you for all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - ‘My eye will not spare,
Nor will I have pity;
I will repay you according to your ways,
And your abominations will be in your midst.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,
He set it in majesty;
But they made from it
The images of their abominations—
Their detestable things;
Therefore I have made it
Like refuse to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - Furthermore He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again, you will see greater abominations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:9 - And He said to me, “Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:13 - And He said to me, “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:15 - Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4 - and the LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:18 - “And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:21 - “But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - “But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:6 - “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2 - “Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:22 - “And in all your abominations and acts of harlotry you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, struggling in your blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43 - “Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me[fn] with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head,” says the Lord GOD. “And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:47 - “You did not walk in their ways nor act according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you became more corrupt than they in all your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:50 - “And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - “Samaria did not commit half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all the abominations which you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58 - “You have paid for your lewdness and your abominations,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - If he has oppressed the poor and needy,
Robbed by violence,
Not restored the pledge,
Lifted his eyes to the idols,
Or committed abomination;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - If he has exacted usury
Or taken increase—
Shall he then live?
He shall not live!
If he has done any of these abominations,
He shall surely die;
His blood shall be upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.

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