βδελύσσω
bdelýssō · G948 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to abhor, to abominate
To strongly detest something on the basis that it is abominable
ExamplesRomans 2:22 You who say that one is not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you rob temples?
Revelation 21:8 “But for the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral persons, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
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Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἴδωλονidol 1
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In the other Testament 2 words
- שָׁקַץ shâqats · H8262 · to contaminate oneself, to make oneself abominable, to regard as detestable
- Hebrew שָׁקַץ (shâqats, H8262) denotes ritual abhorrence/detestation with primary application to making or treating something as abominable (especially in cultic contexts), directly equivalent to Greek βδελύσσω (bdelýssō, G948) which expresses disgust/detestation particularly toward idolatry; both terms share the semantic core of strong rejection/abomination with cultic overtones.
- תַּעָב taʻâb · H8581 · to abhor, to act abominably
- Hebrew תַּעָב and Greek βδελύσσω both denote active disgust or detestation, frequently in contexts of idolatry and abominable practices; the Greek term often appears in LXX as the direct rendering of this Hebrew root when expressing ritual or moral abhorrence.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To abhor, to abominate25.186
- Used of a strong inward revulsion toward evil, as of genuine love abhorring what is evil in Romans 12:9 and the defiled and unbelieving who are themselves abominable in Titus 1:16.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (βδέω quietly to break wind, to stink); 1. to render foul, to cause to be abhorred: τήν…
1. to render foul, to cause to be abhorred: τήν ὀσμήν, Ex 5:21; to defile, pollute: τάς ψυχάς, τήν ψυχήν, Lev 11:43; Lev 20:25; Lev 20:1 Macc. 1:48; perfect passive participle ἐβδελυγμένος abominable, Rev 21:8 (Lev 18:30; Prov 8:7; Job 15:16; Job 15:3Macc. 6:9; βδελυσσόμενος, 2 Macc. 5:8). In native Greek writings neither the active nor the passive is found.
2. βδελύσσομαι; deponent middle (1 aorist ἐβδελυξάμην often in the Sept. (Josephus, b. j 6, 2, 10); in Greek writings deponent passive, and from Aristophanes down); properly, to turn oneself away from on account of the stench; metaphorically, to abhor, detest: τί, Rom 2:22.
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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