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HebrewH8441Noun (Feminine)

תּוֹעֵבַה

to.e.vah

108Occurrences
H8441Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

or תֹּעֵבַה; feminine active participle of H8581 (תַּעָב);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  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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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

תּוֹעֵבַה appears 108 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
41
Proverbs
20
Deuteronomy
14
Jeremiah
8
Leviticus
6
2 Chronicles
5
2 Kings
4
Ezra
3

Key Passages

1 Kings 14:24BSB

There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 32:16BSB

They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods;they enraged Him with abominations.

Ezk 23:36BSB

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Ezk 8:17BSB

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Leviticus 18:29BSB

Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.