1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable 1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages) 1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)
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H8441 — תּוֹעֵבַה
to.e.vah · abomination · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 43:32 · תוֹעֵבָ֥הThey separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.Genesis 46:34 · תוֹעֲבַ֥תyou are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”Exodus 8:26 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת · תּוֹעֲבַ֥תBut Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?Leviticus 18:22 · תּוֹעֵבָ֖הYou must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.Leviticus 18:26 · הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖תBut you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.Leviticus 18:27 · הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣תFor the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.Leviticus 18:29 · הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹתTherefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.Leviticus 18:30 · הַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”Leviticus 20:13 · תּוֹעֵבָ֥הIf a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.Deuteronomy 7:25 · תוֹעֲבַ֛תYou must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 7:26 · תֽוֹעֵבָה֙And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.Deuteronomy 12:31 · תּוֹעֲבַ֨תYou must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.Deuteronomy 13:14 · הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥הthen you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. And if it is established with certainty that this abomination has been committed among you,Deuteronomy 14:3 · תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃You must not eat any detestable thing.Deuteronomy 17:1 · תוֹעֲבַ֛תYou shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 17:4 · הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥הand if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,Deuteronomy 18:9 · כְּתוֹעֲבֹ֖תWhen you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.Deuteronomy 18:12 · תוֹעֲבַ֥ת · הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣תFor whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.Deuteronomy 20:18 · תּֽוֹעֲבֹתָ֔םso that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 22:5 · תוֹעֲבַ֛תA woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 23:18 · תוֹעֲבַ֛תYou must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 24:4 · תוֹעֵבָ֥הthen the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.Deuteronomy 25:16 · תוֹעֲבַ֛תFor everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 27:15 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 32:16 · בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖תThey provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.1 Kings 14:24 · הַתּוֹעֲבֹ֣תThere were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.2 Kings 16:3 · כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.2 Kings 21:2 · כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.2 Kings 21:11 · הַתֹּעֵב֣וֹת“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,2 Kings 23:13 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תThe king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.2 Chronicles 28:3 · כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.2 Chronicles 33:2 · כְּתֽוֹעֲבוֹת֙And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.2 Chronicles 34:33 · הַתּוֹעֵב֗וֹתAnd Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 36:8 · וְתֹֽעֲבֹתָ֤יוAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.2 Chronicles 36:14 · תֹּעֲב֣וֹתFurthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.Ezra 9:1 · כְּ֠תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶםAfter these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.Ezra 9:11 · בְּתוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶ֗םthat You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.Ezra 9:14 · הַתֹּעֵב֖וֹתshall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?Psalm 88:8 · תוֹעֵב֣וֹתYou have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.Proverbs 3:32 · תוֹעֲבַ֣תfor the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.Proverbs 6:16 · תּוֹעֲבַ֥תThere are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:Proverbs 8:7 · וְתוֹעֲבַ֖תFor my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.Proverbs 11:1 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תDishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.Proverbs 11:20 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תThe perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.Proverbs 12:22 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תLying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.Proverbs 13:19 · וְתוֹעֲבַ֥תDesire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.Proverbs 15:8 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תThe sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.Proverbs 15:9 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תThe LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.Proverbs 15:26 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תThe LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.Proverbs 16:5 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תEveryone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.Proverbs 16:12 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תWicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.Proverbs 17:15 · תּוֹעֲבַ֥תAcquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.Proverbs 20:10 · תּוֹעֲבַ֥תDiffering weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.Proverbs 20:23 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣תUnequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.Proverbs 21:27 · תּוֹעֵבָ֑הThe sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!Proverbs 24:9 · וְתוֹעֲבַ֖תA foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.Proverbs 26:25 · תּוֹעֵב֣וֹתWhen he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.Proverbs 28:9 · תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.Proverbs 29:27 · תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת · וְתוֹעֲבַ֖תAn unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.Isaiah 1:13 · תּוֹעֵבָ֛הBring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.Isaiah 41:24 · תּוֹעֵבָ֖הBehold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.Isaiah 44:19 · לְתוֹעֵבָ֣הAnd no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”Jeremiah 2:7 · לְתוֹעֵבָֽה׃I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.Jeremiah 6:15 · תוֹעֵבָ֖הAre they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.Jeremiah 7:10 · הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹתand then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?Jeremiah 8:12 · תוֹעֵבָ֖הAre they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.Jeremiah 16:18 · וְתוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔םAnd I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”Jeremiah 32:35 · הַתּוֹעֵבָ֣הThey have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.Jeremiah 44:4 · הַתֹּעֵבָ֥הYet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’Jeremiah 44:22 · הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖תSo the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.Malachi 2:11 · וְתוֹעֵבָ֛הJudah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.