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Detest (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To hate intensely; to abhor; to loathe; to abominate;
as, we detest what is contemptible or evil. ...Detest (15 Occurrences). ...
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Abhor (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation;
to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. ...
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Abhorrent (9 Occurrences)
... Abhorrent (9 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:11 and you detest them. You shall not eat
of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. (See NAS). ...
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Carcasses (30 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 11:11 and you detest them. You shall not
eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses. ...
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Abomination (78 Occurrences)
... Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thy house and thus become a thing set
apart (cherem = tabooed) like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it and ...
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Detestable (121 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 7:26 And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be
accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly ...
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Vulture (16 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:13 "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten,
they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture ...
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Loathe (19 Occurrences)
... Amos 6:8 "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of Armies:
"I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. ...
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Fools (53 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 13:19 Longing fulfilled
is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. ...
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Execrate (4 Occurrences)
... (vt) To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against
as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate ...
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Bible Concordance

Detest (15 Occurrences)

Leviticus 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are a detestable thing unto you,
(Root in JPS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 11:11 and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
(WEB JPS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 11:13 "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,
(WEB JPS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 11:23 But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.
(Root in JPS NAS NIV)

Numbers 21:5 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread."
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 7:26 You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 23:7 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
(See NAS)

Job 9:31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
(See NIV)

Job 19:19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 8:7 For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 13:19 Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 16:12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 24:9 The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
(Root in WEB NIV)

Proverbs 29:27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
(Root in WEB NIV)

Amos 6:8 "The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself," says Yahweh, the God of Armies: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To hate intensely; to abhor; to loathe; to abominate; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.

2. (v. t.) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

Greek

948. bdelussomai -- to detest
... to detest. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: bdelussomai Phonetic Spelling:
(bdel-oos'-so) Short Definition: I abhor, detest Definition: I abhor, detest ...
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3404. miseo -- to hate
... to hate. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: miseo Phonetic Spelling:
(mis-eh'-o) Short Definition: I hate, detest Definition: I hate, detest, love less ...
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655. apostugeo -- to abhor
... to abhor. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apostugeo Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-os-toog-eh'-o) Short Definition: I detest, abhor Definition: I detest, abhor. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8262. shaqats -- to detest, make detestable
... 8261, 8262. shaqats. 8263 . to detest, make detestable. Transliteration: shaqats
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kats') Short Definition: detest. ...
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8581. taab -- to abhor
... abhor NASB Word Usage abhor (5), abhorred (3), abhorrent (1), abhors (1),
acted...abominably (2), committed abominable (2), despise (1), detest (2), detestable ...
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1602. gaal -- to abhor, loathe
... abhor, fail, loathe, vilely cast away. A primitive root; to detest; by implication,
to reject -- abhor, fail, lothe, vilely cast away. 1601, 1602. ...
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8130. sane -- to hate
... root Definition to hate NASB Word Usage detest (1), enemy (3), enmity (1), foes
(1), hate (78), hated (28), hated her intensely (1), hates (19), hating (2 ...
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6962. quwt -- to feel a loathing
... be grieved, loathe self A primitive root; properly, to cut off, ie (figuratively)
detest -- begrieved, loathe self. 6961b, 6962. quwt. 6962a . ...
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Library

The Christians Condemn and Detest all Cruelty.
... Chapter XXXV."The Christians Condemn and Detest All Cruelty. What man
of sound mind, therefore, will affirm, while such is our ...
/.../a plea for the christians/chapter xxxv the christians condemn and.htm

We Ought to Detest These Heathen Meetings and Assemblies...
... Chapter XXVII. We ought to detest these heathen meetings and assemblies�
We ought to detest these heathen meetings and assemblies ...
/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xxvii we ought to.htm

Whether for the Justification of the Ungodly There is Required a ...
... It belongs to the same virtue to seek one contrary and to avoid the other; and hence,
as it belongs to charity to love God, so likewise, to detest sin whereby ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether for the justification of 2.htm

Confessio Fidei Scoticanæ ii.
... And theirfoir we abhorre and detest all contrare Religion and Doctrine; but chiefly
all kynde of Papistrie in generall and particular headis, even as they ar ...
/.../confessio fidei scoticanae ii.htm

Secondly, for Thy Words.
... 2. Let thy heart and tongue ever go together in honesty and truth; hate dissembling
and lying in another; detest it in thyself, or God will detest thee for it ...
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God Has not by his Eternal Decree Determined Future and Contingent ...
... 2. But if the word "DETERMINED" be received according to the second acceptation,
I confess, that I abominate and detest that axiom (as one that is FALSE, ABSURD ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/article vii god has not.htm

Whether Sorrow Can be a virtuous Good?
... Reply to Objection 2: Just as sorrow for an evil arises from a right will and reason,
which detest the evil, so sorrow for a good is due to a perverse reason ...
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Whether Venial Sin Can be Forgiven Without Penance?
... Yet a more perfect penance is requisite for the forgiveness of mortal sin, namely
that man should detest actually the mortal sin which he committed, so far as ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether venial sin can be 3.htm

Whether Contrition is an Act of virtue?
... implies, in itself, a generic evil, so the utter undoing and crushing of that same
will implies something generically good, for this is to detest one's own ...
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Whether the Justification of the Ungodly Takes Place in an Instant ...
... Hence grace is first infused, and then the free-will is moved towards God
and to detest sin. Hence justification is not all at once. ...
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Subtopics

Detest

Related Terms

Abhor (23 Occurrences)

Abhorrent (9 Occurrences)

Carcasses (30 Occurrences)

Abomination (78 Occurrences)

Detestable (121 Occurrences)

Vulture (16 Occurrences)

Loathe (19 Occurrences)

Fools (53 Occurrences)

Execrate (4 Occurrences)