ἀποστυγέω
apostygéō · G655 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to hate, to despise
To have a strong dislike for someone or something, implying repulsion and desire for avoidance
ExamplesRomans 12:9 Love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πονηρόςevil, wicked, bad 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- μισέω miséō · G3404 · to hate, to detest
- General Greek verb for hating; ἀποστυγέω intensifies this basic sense with the prefix ἀπο- and the root στυγ- to express utter, extreme detestation or abhorrence
- βδελύσσω bdelýssō · G948 · to abhor, to abominate
- Greek verb expressing abhorrence or loathing, especially of what is morally repugnant; closely parallel to ἀποστυγέω in conveying strong revulsion
Contrasting words 2 words
- ἀγαπάω agapáō · G25 · to love, to regard with affection, loving concern
- Standard Greek verb for love, especially active, deliberate goodwill; direct lexical opposite of ἀποστυγέω's sense of utter detestation
- φιλέω philéō · G5368 · to love, to have affection for, to like to
- Greek verb for affectionate love or fondness; lexical opposite of ἀποστυγέω, though the contrast is between warm affection and extreme revulsion
In the other Testament 2 words
- תַּעָב taʻâb · H8581 · to abhor, to act abominably
- Hebrew verb for abhorring or detesting, expressing profound disgust or loathing; direct translation equivalent for ἀποστυγέω's sense of detesting utterly
- שָׁקַץ shâqats · H8262 · to contaminate oneself, to make oneself abominable, to regard as detestable
- Hebrew verb for detesting or treating as abominable, often in cultic/ritual contexts but also moral; captures the intensity of ἀποστυγέω's revulsion
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To hate, to despise88.203
- In Romans 12:9, Paul instructs, “love must be free of hypocrisy. Detest (apostygoũntes) what is evil; cling to what is good,” describing a strong, deliberate revulsion toward wrongdoing.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποστύγω; to dislike, abhor, have a horror of: Rom 12:9; (Herodotus 2, 47; 6, 129;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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