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Hebrew verb · H8581

תַּעָב

taabtaw-ab'

to abhor

22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: taʻâb

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8581is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 20
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8581

to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

The King James renders it: (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.

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

taab is rendered "to abhor". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 7:26And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.

The first use

And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

Deuteronomy 7:26וְתַעֵ֥ב׀

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Six of the word's twenty-two uses are in Psalms.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • they abhor me2
  • you will abhor2
  • abhorred1
  • and he abhorred1
  • and he acted abominably1
  • and I abhor1
  • and they act abominably1
  • and they will abhor me1
  • and utterly abhor1
  • and you made abominable1
  • he abhors1
  • is abhorrent1

and 8 more, 22 uses in all

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.

תַּעַרtaarrazorUses13
תַּעֲנוּגtaanugluxuryUses5
תַּעֲלֻמָּהtaalummahsecretUses3
תַּעֲלוּלtaalulcapriceUses2
תַּעֲרֻבָהtaarubahsecurityUses2
תַּעְתֻּעַtatuadelusionUses2
תַּעֲנִיתtaanithfastingUses1
תַּעֲצֻמָהtaatsumahpowerUses1

All 22, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

20 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

  • תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי2
  • תְתַעֵ֣ב2
  • הַֽמֲתַעֲבִ֣ים1
  • הִתְעַ֥בְתְּ1
  • הִֽתְעִ֥יבוּ1
  • וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָה1
  • וְהִֽתְעִ֥יבוּ1
  • וַ֝יְתָעֵ֗ב1
  • וַיַּתְעֵ֣ב1
  • וְתַעֵ֥ב׀1
  • וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי1
  • וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙1

and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singular2HVNrmsa
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVpi2ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HVpp3cp/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HC/Vhp3cp
  • Hc/Vhw3ms1Hc/Vhw3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular1HC/Vpc1cs
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/Vpcc
  • Hc/Vpq3cp/Sp1bs1Hc/Vpq3cp/Sp1bs
  • Hc/Vpw2fs1Hc/Vpw2fs
  • Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Vprmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine plural1HTd/Vprmpa

Deuteronomy

four uses
  • And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

    Deuteronomy 7:26

    • וְתַעֵ֥ב׀vetaevconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and utterly abhor
    • תְּֽתַעֲבֶ֖נּוּtetaavenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you will abhor it
  • Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

    Deuteronomy 23:7

    • תְתַעֵ֣בtetaevverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will abhor
    • תְתַעֵ֣בtetaevverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will abhor

1 Kings

one use
  • He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

    1 Kings 21:26

    • וַיַּתְעֵ֣בvaiyatevHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he acted abominably

1 Chronicles

one use
  • But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

    1 Chronicles 21:6

    • נִתְעַ֥בnitavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was abhorred

Job

four uses
  • then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

    Job 9:31

    • וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִיvetiavuniHc/Vpq3cp/Sp1bstagged: and they will abhor me
  • how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

    Job 15:16

    • נִתְעָ֥בnitavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: is abhorrent
  • All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

    Job 19:19

    • תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִיtiavuniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they abhor me
  • They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

    Job 30:10

    • תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִיtiavuniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they abhor me

Psalms

six uses
  • You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

    Psalms 5:6

    • יְתָ֘עֵ֥ב׀yetaevverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he abhors
  • The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

    Psalms 14:1

    • הִֽתְעִ֥יבוּhitivuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they do abominably
  • The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

    Psalms 53:1

    • וְהִֽתְעִ֥יבוּvehitivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: and they act abominably
  • So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

    Psalms 106:40

    • וַ֝יְתָעֵ֗בvaytaevHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he abhorred
  • They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

    Psalms 107:18

    • תְּתַעֵ֣בtetaevverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it loathed
  • I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

    Psalms 119:163

    • וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָהvaataevahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I abhor

Isaiah

two uses
  • But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

    Isaiah 14:19

    • נִתְעָ֔בnitavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: abhorred
  • Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

    Isaiah 49:7

    • לִמְתָ֤עֵֽבlimtaevpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to abhors

Ezekiel

two uses
  • At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

    Ezekiel 16:25

    • וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙vatetaaviHc/Vpw2fstagged: and you made abominable
  • So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.

    Ezekiel 16:52

    • הִתְעַ֥בְתְּhitavtverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have acted abominably

Amos

one use
  • There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

    Amos 5:10

    • יְתָעֵֽבוּ׃yetaevuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they abhor

Micah

one use
  • Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

    Micah 3:9

    • הַֽמֲתַעֲבִ֣יםhamataavimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who loathe

The letters

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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