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תַּעָב H8581

H8581 is the Hebrew word תַּעָב, transliterated taʻâb and said taw-ab'. The King James Version most often renders it abhor.

Word: תַּעָבTransliteration: taʻâbSaid: taw-ab'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 19 verses

What it means

to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

abhor 8×abhorred 2×done abominable 2×abhorreth 2×utterly 1×abominably 1×abominable 1×how much more abominable 1×insomuch that he abhorred 1×like an abominable 1×hast committed more abominable 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.

Verses using תַּעָב

All 19 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 7:26 · KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 23:7 · KJV

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.

1 Kings 21:26 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 21:6 · KJV

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

Job 15:16 · KJV

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Job 19:19 · KJV

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Job 30:10 · KJV

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

Psalm 5:6 · KJV

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Psalm 14:1 · KJV

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.

Psalm 53:1 · KJV

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.

Psalm 106:40 · KJV

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.

Psalm 107:18 · KJV

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

Psalm 119:163 · KJV

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Isaiah 14:19 · KJV

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.

Isaiah 49:7 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 16:25 · KJV

Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

Ezekiel 16:52 · KJV

Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

Amos 5:10 · KJV

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Micah 3:9 · KJV

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.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8581 mean?

H8581 is the Hebrew word תַּעָב (taʻâb), meaning to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest.

How is H8581 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it abhor (8 times), abhorred (2 times), done abominable (2 times), abhorreth (2 times), utterly (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8581 appear in the Bible?

תַּעָב (taʻâb) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8581 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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