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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - A king detests wrongdoing,
for his rule is built on justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:15 - Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
both are detestable to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - False weights and unequal measures[fn]—
the LORD detests double standards of every kind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - The LORD detests double standards;
he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
especially when it is offered with wrong motives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - The schemes of a fool are sinful;
everyone detests a mocker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - They pretend to be kind, but don’t believe them.
Their hearts are full of many evils.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 - God detests the prayers
of a person who ignores the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27 - The righteous despise the unjust;
the wicked despise the godly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:24 - But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all.
Those who choose you pollute themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,
“Why, it’s just a block of wood!
I burned half of it for heat
and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat.
How can the rest of it be a god?
Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:7 - “And when I brought you into a fruitful land
to enjoy its bounty and goodness,
you defiled my land and
corrupted the possession I had promised you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions?
Not at all—they don’t even know how to blush!
Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered.
They will be brought down when I punish them,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:10 - and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions?
Not at all—they don’t even know how to blush!
Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered.
They will be brought down when I punish them,
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - I will double their punishment for all their sins, because they have defiled my land with lifeless images of their detestable gods and have filled my territory with their evil deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing. What an incredible evil, causing Judah to sin so greatly!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:4 - “Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don’t do these horrible things that I hate so much.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - It was because the LORD could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing—a desolate ruin without inhabitants—as it is today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:9 - Because of your detestable idols, I will punish you like I have never punished anyone before or ever will again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:9 - Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands in horror, and stamp your feet. Cry out because of all the detestable sins the people of Israel have committed. Now they are going to die from war and famine and disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3 - No hope remains,
for I will unleash my anger against you.
I will call you to account
for all your detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:8 - Soon I will pour out my fury on you
and unleash my anger against you.
I will call you to account
for all your detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that it is I, the LORD,
who is striking the blow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
disgusting to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - “Son of man,” he said, “do you see what they are doing? Do you see the detestable sins the people of Israel are committing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even more detestable sins than these!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:9 - “Go in,” he said, “and see the wicked and detestable sins they are committing in there!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:13 - Then the LORD added, “Come, and I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:15 - “Have you seen this?” he asked. “But I will show you even more detestable sins than these!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - “Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4 - He said to him, “Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of all who weep and sigh because of the detestable sins being committed in their city.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:18 - “When the people return to their homeland, they will remove every trace of their vile images and detestable idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:21 - But as for those who long for vile images and detestable idols, I will repay them fully for their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will spare a few of them from death by war, famine, or disease, so they can confess all their detestable sins to their captors. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:6 - “Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:2 - “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:22 - In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[fn] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:43 - But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign LORD. For you have added lewd acts to all your detestable sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:47 - But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:50 - She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - “Even Samaria did not commit half your sins. You have done far more detestable things than your sisters ever did. They seem righteous compared to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:58 - This is your punishment for all your lewdness and detestable sins, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:12 - oppresses the poor and helpless, steals from debtors by refusing to let them redeem their security, worships idols, commits detestable sins,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:13 - and lends money at excessive interest. Should such a sinful person live? No! He must die and must take full blame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - However, if righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things and act like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their righteous acts will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.

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