Greek noun (neuter) · G946
βδέλυγμα
bdelygmabdel'-oog-mah
abomination
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bdélygma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G946is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G946
a detestation, i.e. (specially) idolatry
The King James renders it: abomination.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
bdelygma is rendered "abomination". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Matthew 24:15βδέλυγμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- abomination3
- abominations1
- an abomination1
- of abominations1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βδέλυγμα4
- βδελυγμάτων2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular3N-ASN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural2N-GPN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Matthew
one use
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
- βδέλυγμαbdelugmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: abomination
Mark
one use
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- βδέλυγμαbdelugmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: abomination
Luke
one use
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- βδέλυγμαbdelugmanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: an abomination
Revelation
three uses
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
- βδελυγμάτωνbdelugmatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: of abominations
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- βδελυγμάτωνbdelugmatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: abominations
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- βδέλυγμαbdelugmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: abomination
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.