תַּעָב taav

Hebrew word for “to abhor” · Strong’s H8581 · used 22 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

1) to abhor, be abominable, do abominably;

How it is translated

Glosses given for taav in context, with how often each is used:

• will abhor 4
• abhor 4
• abhorred 3
• utterly 1
• acted abominably 1
• one who is abhorrent 1
• abhors 1
• do abominably 1
• act abominably 1
• loathed 1
• one who abhors 1
• made abominable 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 16 (2), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 23 (1), 1 Kings 21 (1), 1 Chronicles 21 (1), Job 9 (1), Job 15 (1), Job 19 (1), Job 30 (1), Psalms 5 (1)

Forms

• תתעב 3
• נתעב 3
• ויתעב 2
• תעבוני 2
• ותעב 1
• תתעבנו 1
• ותעבוני 1
• יתעב 1
• התעיבו 1
• והתעיבו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with taav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָבָל naval “foolish” 2
• עַוְלָה avlah “injustice” 2
• נָצַח natsach “to conduct” 2
• שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 2
• שָׂנֵא sane “to hate” 2
• אָהֵב ahav “to love” 2
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 2
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 2
• לֵב lev “heart” 2
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2

Key verses

The verses using taav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 23:7 — Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
• 1 Kings 21:26 — And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
• Job 15:16 — How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
• Psalms 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
• Psalms 14:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none…
• Psalms 53:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable…
• Psalms 106:40 — Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
• Isaiah 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall…
• Ezekiel 16:25 — Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and…
• Ezekiel 16:52 — Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than…
• Amos 5:10 — They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
• Micah 3:9 — Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.