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Abhor

Abhor denotes "to shudder" (apo, "from," here used intensively, stugeo, "to hate") hence, "to abhor," Rom 12:9. "to render foul" (from bdeo, "to stink"), "to cause to be abhorred" (in the Sept. in Exo 5:21, Le...

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Abhor <1,,655, apostugeo>

denotes "to shudder" (apo, "from," here used intensively, stugeo, "to hate") hence, "to abhor," Rom 12:9.

<2,,948, bdelusso>

"to render foul" (from bdeo, "to stink"), "to cause to be abhorred" (in the Sept. in Exo 5:21, Lev 11:43, Lev 20:25, etc.), is used in the Middle Voice, signifying "to turn oneself away from" (as if from a stench); hence, "to detest," Rom 2:22. In Rev 21:8 it denotes "to be abominable." See ABOMINABLE.

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