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ABHOR

ab-hor': "To cast away," "reject," "despise," "defy," "contemn," "loathe," etc. (1) Translated in the Old Testament from the following Hebrew words amongst others: (ba'ash), "to be or to become stinking" (1 Sam 27:12; 2 Sam 16:21); (ga`al), "to cast away as unclean," "to loathe"; compare Ezek 16:5 the King James Version; (quts), "to loathe," "to fear" (Ex 1:12 m; 1 Ki 11:25; Isa 7:16); (shaqats), "to detest" (Ps 22:24); (ta'abh), (ta`abh), "to contemn" (Dt 23:7); (dera'on), "an object of contempt," "an abhorring" (Isa 66:24; Dan 12:2 margin). (2) Translated in the New Testament from the following Greek words: bdelussomai, which is derived from bdeo, "to stink" (Rom 2:22); apostugeo, derived from stugeo, "to hate," "to shrink from" (Rom 12:9).
A. L. Breslich
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'abhor'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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