תַּעָב
taʿāb
loathe
Strong's H8581VerbHebrewTWOT 2530

תַּעָב (taʿāb) is a Hebrew verb meaning loathe. It appears 22 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8581).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2530)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2530)be abhorred; regard as an abomination, abhor, cause to be an abomination; make abominable, do abominably; loathe; detest; abominable, abominably
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תַּעָב verb, denominative

Strong's H8581 תַּעָב: to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
KJV:(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), × utterly.

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.

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 7:261 Kings 21:261 Chronicles 21:6

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