ABHOR

ISBE

ab-hor': "To cast away," "reject," "despise," "defy," "contemn," "loathe," etc. (1) Translated in the Old Testament from the following Hebrew words amongst others: (ba'ash), "to be or to become stinking" ( 1Sa 27:12 ; 2Sa 16:21 ); (ga`al), "to cast away as unclean," "to loathe"; compare Eze 16:5 the King James Version; (quts), "to loathe," "to fear" ( Ex 1:12 m; 1Ki 11:25 ; Isa 7:16 ); (shaqats), "to detest" ( Ps 22:24 ); (ta'abh), (ta`abh), "to contemn" ( De 23:7 ); (dera'on), "an object of contempt," "an abhorring" ( Isa 66:24 ; Da 12:2 margin). (2) Translated in the New Testament from the following Greek words: bdelussomai, which is derived from bdeo, "to stink" ( Ro 2:22 ); apostugeo, derived from stugeo, "to hate," "to shrink from" ( Ro 12:9 ). A. L. Breslich