Lexical Definition

‎תּוֹעֵבַה‎ tôwʻêbah (to-ay-baw') abomination ^H:N-F
or תֹּעֵבַה tôʻêbah (to-ay-baw'); feminine active participle of ‎תַּעָב‎

abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

• properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence
• especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable
1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages)
1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תּוֺעֵבָה‎₁₁₇ noun feminine abomination; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 43:32 + 21 t.; ‎תֹּעֵבָה‎ Jer 44:4 construct ‎תּוֺעֲבַת‎ Gen 46:34 +; plural ‎תּוֺעֵבוֺת‎ Ezek 8:6 +; construct ‎תּוֺעֲבוֺת‎ Ezek 6:11 +, etc.; suffix ‎תֹּעֲבֹתָיוֺ‎ 2Chr 36:8, etc.; —

1. ritual sense:
a. Israel's sacrifices, ‎מִצְרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ (genitive object) Exod 8:22* (twice in verse) (E), compare Gen 46:34 (J); ‎למצרים‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Gen 43:32 (J); ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ of physical repugnance Ps 88:9*.
b. to God and his people: ‎׳‎‎ת‎ of unclean food Deut 14:3 worshipper of idols Isa 41:24, compare Jer 2:7 various objectionable acts: ‎׳‎‎לפני י‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Deut 24:4 ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Deut 7:25 (‎חֵרֶם‎, compare vDeut 7:26), Deut 17:1; Deut 18:12; Deut 22:5; Deut 23:19*; Deut 27:15 offering of children (‎עשׂה‎) Deut 12:31, compare Jer 32:35, also plural 2Kgs 16:3 = 2Chr 28:3; Deut 18:9; Deut 18:12 ( + witchcraft); idolatrous practices (sometimes with other illegal acts) ‎׳‎‎עשׂה (כ)ת‎ Deut 13:15*; Deut 17:4; Deut 18:12; (intermarriage with idolaters), compare Jer 44:4 usually with plural noun Deut 20:18; 1Kgs 14:24; 2Kgs 21:2; 2Kgs 21:11; 2Chr 33:2; 2Chr 36:8; Jer 7:10; Jer 44:22; Ezek 8:6 + 12 t. Ezekiel; compare ‎תועבות‎ 2Chr 36:14; Ezra 9:1; Ezra 9:11; Ezra 9:14; Ezek 5:9 + 18 t. Ezekiel; of idols Deut 32:16 (‎תועבה‎) 2Kgs 23:13; Isa 44:19 (compare Deut 27:15); idolatrous objects 2Chr 34:33 || ‎שׁקּוצים‎ Jer 16:18 (R^JE) Ezek 5:11; Ezek 11:18; Ezek 11:21, (‎׳‎‎צַלְמֵי ת‎) Ezek 7:20 || ‎גלולים‎ Ezek 14:6, compare Ezek 6:9 ‎׳‎‎גִּלּוּלֵי ת‎ Ezek 16:36.

2. ethical sense:
a. c. genitive object of man, ‎שְׂפָתַי‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 8:7, ‎מלכים‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 16:12, ‎צדיקים‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 29:27 a, ‎כסילים‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 13:19, ‎רָשָׁע‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 29:27 b, ‎לְאָדָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 24:9.
b. to God and his people: ‎׳‎‎ת‎ of sacrifice of wicked Prov 21:27 (compare Prov 15:8), his prayers Prov 28:9 compare Isa 1:13 (‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎), probably also Jer 6:15 = Jer 8:12 (of various kinds of wickedness); unchastity Lev 18:22 with ‎עשׂה‎ Lev 20:13 (H) Ezek 22:11; Ezek 33:26 compare ‎תועבות‎ Lev 18:26; Lev 18:27; Lev 18:29 (compare vLev 18:30 H), also Prov 26:25 ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Deut 25:16; Prov 3:32 + 10 t. Proverbs, compare Prov 6:16.

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