תּוֹעֵבַה
tôwʻêbah · to-ay-baw'
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Lexicon
Derivation: or תֹּעֵבַה; feminine active participle of H8581 (תַּעָב);
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
- properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence
- especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abominable (custom, thing), abomination.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › to see and know › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תּוֹעֵבַה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
117 occurrences · 117 OT · 0 NT · 79 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- abominations8 · 11%
- is an abomination8 · 11%
- abomination8 · 11%
- an abomination5 · 7%
- are an abomination4 · 6%
- is abomination4 · 6%
- are abomination4 · 6%
- after the abominations3 · 4%
- the abomination3 · 4%
- all these abominations2 · 3%
- of these abominations2 · 3%
- the abominations2 · 3%
- according to all the abominations2 · 3%
- and thine abominations2 · 3%
- any of these abominations2 · 3%
- and their abominations2 · 3%
- for that is an abomination2 · 3%
- after all their abominations1 · 1%
- these things are an abomination1 · 1%
- that such abomination1 · 1%
- any abominable thing1 · 1%
- for every abomination1 · 1%
- therein: for it is an abomination1 · 1%
- not any one of these abominable1 · 1%
- it is abomination1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.