תַּעָב
taʻâb · taw-ab'
to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to see and know › the house, what is within
The mark, the covenant sign that works to see and know of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּעָב 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou shalt not abhor2 · 9%
- abhorreth2 · 9%
- it, and thou shalt utterly1 · 5%
- abhor1 · 5%
- abominably1 · 5%
- was abominable1 · 5%
- shall abhor1 · 5%
- how much more abominable1 · 5%
- abhorred1 · 5%
- they abhor1 · 5%
- will abhor1 · 5%
- they have done abominable1 · 5%
- are they, and have done abominable1 · 5%
- insomuch that he abhorred1 · 5%
- and abhor1 · 5%
- like an abominable1 · 5%
- to be abhorred1 · 5%
- that thou hast committed more abominable1 · 5%
- and they abhor1 · 5%
- that abhor1 · 5%
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.