Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8441
תּוֹעֵבַה
to.e.vah · “abomination”
Used 118 times across 14 books
Definition
1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable
1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)
1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)
1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)
1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)
Where it appears
Genesis2
Exodus2
Leviticus6
Deuteronomy17
1 Kings1
2 Kings4
2 Chronicles5
Ezra3
Psalms1
Proverbs22
Isaiah3
Jeremiah8
Ezekiel43
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 43:32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.Genesis 46:34That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.Exodus 8:22And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.Leviticus 18:22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.Leviticus 18:26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:Leviticus 18:27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)Leviticus 18:29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.Leviticus 18:30Therefore 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.Leviticus 20:13If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.Deuteronomy 7:25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
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