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Word Study · Strong's H8441 · Hebrew

תּוֹעֵבַה

toebah

to-ay-baw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tôwʻêbah

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

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

Rendered in the KJV as

abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

  • 117
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 79
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 117 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 79

  • תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת13
  • תוֹעֲבַ֛ת5
  • תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת4
  • הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת3
  • וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת3
  • תוֹעֵבָ֖ה3
  • תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה3
  • הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥ה2
  • הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת2
  • הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣ת2
  • וְתוֹעֲבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙2
  • כְּתֹֽעֲבוֹת֙2

and 67 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 30

  • the abominations15
  • abominations your14
  • [is] [the] abomination of10
  • [are] [the] abomination of8
  • [is] an abomination7
  • abominations6
  • abominations their6
  • according to [the] abominations of5
  • abomination4
  • an abomination4
  • the abomination4
  • [the] abomination of3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 22

  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)26
  • noun · feminine singular16
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural15
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular10
  • noun · feminine plural6
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)5
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural4
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HNcfsc · 26
  • HNcfsa · 16
  • HTd/Ncfpa · 15
  • HNcfpc/Sp2fs · 10
  • HNcfpa · 6
  • HNcfpc/Sp3mp · 5
  • HR/Ncfpc · 5
  • HC/Ncfsc · 4
  • HNcfpc/Sp2mp · 4
  • HTd/Ncfsa · 4
  • HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 3
  • HNcfpc · 3

All 117, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis2 occurrences
Exodus2 occurrences
Leviticus6 occurrences
Deuteronomy17 occurrences
1 Kings1 occurrence
2 Kings4 occurrences
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
Ezra3 occurrences
Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs21 occurrences
Isaiah3 occurrences
Jeremiah8 occurrences
Ezekiel43 occurrences
Malachi1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).