תּוֹעֵבַה
tôʿēbah
abomination
Strong's H8441NounHebrewTWOT 2530a

תּוֹעֵבַה (tôʿēbah) is a Hebrew noun meaning abomination. It appears 118 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8441).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2530a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2530a)abomination; disgusting, abhorrence, idolatry, idol; abominable
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תּוֹעֵבַה noun, feminine: abomination

Strong's H8441 תּוֹעֵבַה: properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
KJV:abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2530: תַּעָב taʿāb — be abhorred; regard as an abomination, abhor, cause to be an abomination; make abominable, do abominably; loathe; detest; abominable, abominably

See it in Scripture

Genesis 43:32Leviticus 18:22Deuteronomy 7:25

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