948. bdelussomai
Strong's Concordance
bdelussomai: to detest
Original Word: βδελύσσομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: bdelussomai
Phonetic Spelling: (bdel-oos'-so)
Short Definition: I abhor, detest
Definition: I abhor, detest, loathe.
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Cognate: 948 bdelýssō – properly, stink, become foul (abhorrent), detestable as stench; "to strongly detest something on the basis that it is abominable – 'to abhor, to abominate' " (L & N, 1, 25.186). See 946 (bdelussō).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 948: βδελύσσω

βδελύσσω: (βδέω quietly to break wind, to stink);

1. to render foul, to cause to be abhorred: τήν ὀσμήν, Exodus 5:21; to defile, pollute: τάς ψυχάς, τήν ψυχήν, Leviticus 11:43; Leviticus 20:25; 1 Macc. 1:48; perfect passive participle ἐβδελυγμένος abominable, Revelation 21:8 (Leviticus 18:30; Proverbs 8:7; Job 15:16; 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, Romans 2:22.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
abhor, abominable.

From a (presumed) derivative of bdeo (to stink); to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry) -- abhor, abominable.

Forms and Transliterations
βδελύξεσθε βδελύξεται βδελύξετε βδελύξη βδελύξητε βδελύσσεται βδελύσσομαι βδελυσσόμενοι βδελυσσομένοις βδελυσσόμενον βδελυσσομενος βδελυσσόμενος εβδελυγμένα εβδελυγμένοι εβδελυγμενοις εβδελυγμένοις ἐβδελυγμένοις εβδελυγμένος εβδελυγμένων εβδέλυκται εβδελυξάμην εβδελύξαντο εβδελύξαντό εβδελύξατε εβδελύξατο εβδελύσσοντο εβδελύχθη εβδελύχθησαν bdelussomenos bdelyssomenos bdelyssómenos ebdelugmenois ebdelygmenois ebdelygménois
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2 Occurrences


βδελυσσόμενος — 1 Occ.
ἐβδελυγμένοις — 1 Occ.

Romans 2:22 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: μοιχεύεις ὁ βδελυσσόμενος τὰ εἴδωλα
NAS: adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols,
KJV: dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols,
INT: do you commit adultery you who abhor the idols

Revelation 21:8 V-RPM/P-DMP
GRK: ἀπίστοις καὶ ἐβδελυγμένοις καὶ φονεῦσιν
NAS: and unbelieving and abominable and murderers
KJV: and the abominable, and
INT: unbelieving and abominable and murderers

2 Occurrences

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