Lexical Definition

‎תַּעָב‎ taʻâb (taw-ab') to abhor ^H:V
a primitive root

(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.

• to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

1) to abhor, be abominable, do abominably
1a) (Niphal) to be abhorred, be detested
1a1) in the ritual sense
1a2) in the ethical sense
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to loathe, abhor, regard as an abomination
1b1a) in the ritual sense
1b1b) in the ethical sense
1b2) to cause to be an abomination
1c) (Hiphil) to make abominable, do abominably
1c1) in the ritual sense
1c2) in the ethical sense

See Greek: βδελύσσω · βδελύσσω · ἐπιθυμέω · ἐπιποθέω · κατισχύω · λυμαίνομαι · προσοχθίζω

Extended Information

• Also means: ta.av (‎ת‎ָּ‎א‎ַ‎ב‎ "to loathe" תָּאַב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎תָּעַב‎] verb denominative Niph`al Pi`el: Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִתְעַב‎ 1Chr 21:6 Participle ‎נִתְעָב‎ Isa 14:19; Job 15:16 — be abhorred:

1. ritual sense: ‎נֵצֶר נִתְעָב‎ Isa 14:19 an abhorred (rejected) branch ( < ‎נֵץ‎ vulture, the unclean scavenger bird); ‎נִתְעָב וֶנֶאֱלָךְ֑‎ Job 15:16 abhorred and corrupt, from disease (‎נאלח‎ elsewhere Ps 14:3 = Ps 53:4* || ‎התעיב‎).

2. ethically: David's census, according to 1Chr 21:6. Pi`el Perfect 3 plural sf ‎תִּעֲבוּנִי‎ Job 9:31 + 2 t.; Imperfect ‎יְתָעֵב‎ Ps 106:40; Ps 5:7* (read 2 masculine singular ‎תְּתַעֵב‎); 3 feminine singular ‎תְּתַעֵב‎ Ps 107:18 2 masculine singular ‎תְּתַעֵב‎ Deut 23:8* (twice in verse), etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎תַּעֵב‎ Deut 7:26 Participle ‎מְתָעֵב‎ Isa 49:7 (but see infra), + Amos 6:8 (so read for ‎מְתָאֵב‎ Gei^{Urschrift 349} We Now Marti Harper); plural ‎מְתַעֲבִים‎ Mic 3:9 —

1. regard as an abomination abhor:
a. ritual sense: (1) of God; with accusative of Israel, because of idols Ps 106:40. (2) of man: with accusative, of abomination Deut 7:26 (twice in verse), compare Deut 23:8* (twice in verse); Job Job 19:19; Job 30:10.
b. ethically: (1) of God; || ‎שׂנא‎, with accusative: ‎אישׁ דמים ומרמה‎ Ps 5:7* (Amos 6:8 see II. ‎תאב‎). (2) of man; with accusative ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ Mic 3:9, ‎דֹּבֵר תָּמִים‎ Amos 5:10 (|| ‎שׂנא‎), ‎שֶׁקֶר‎ Ps 119:163 (|| ‎שׂנא‎).
c. physically: with accusative ‎כָּלאֹֿכֶל‎ Ps 107:18.

2. cause to be an abomination: with accusative, ritual sense Ezek 16:25 Job, from filthy garments Job 9:31 ‎מְתָעֵב גּוֺי‎ Isa 49:7 (|| ‎בְּזִה נֶפֶשׁ‎) (read probably Pu`al ‎מְתִעַב‎, as Oort SS Bu Du). Hiph`il Perfect 2 feminine singular ‎הִתְעַבְתְּ‎ Ezek 16:52 3 masculine plural ‎הִתְעִיבוּ‎ Ps 14:1 = Ps 53:2* Imperfect ‎וַיַּתְעֵב‎ 1Kgs 21:26 — make abominable, do abominably:

1. ritual sense: with accusative of thing, Ezek 16:52 ‎לְ‎ with infinitive 1Kgs 21:26.

2. ethically: with accusative ‎עלילה‎ Ps 14:1 = Ps 53:2* (‎עול‎).

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