Abomination / Abominations / Abominable
Key questions answered:
- What Hebrew and Greek words are translated as abomination / abominations / abominable in the King James Version and what do these words actually mean?
- Is the same Hebrew word used for sodomy and for prohibited foods?
- Does the word ‘to-evah’ translated ‘abomination’ only ever refer to idolatry?
- Is there another Hebrew word for idolatry apart from ‘to-evah’?
(The answers to 2 and 3 are “No”, and to 4 is “Yes”, but see for yourself…)
The Hebrew words, according to Strong’s numbers:
- H887 basah – smelling, bad (only occurs in 1Sam 13:4)
- H2194 za’am – enraging (only occurs in Mic 6:10)
- H6292 piggul – stinking, fetid
- H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous
- H8262 shaqats – filthy, unclean
- H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean
- H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting
- H8581 tawab – loathsome
Please note the Hebrew sometimes takes liberties with the grammar; a noun appears as an adjective and vice versa.
The Greek words, according to Strong’s numbers:
- G111 athemitos – unlawful (only occurs in 1Pet 4:3)
- G946 bdelugma – detestation
- G947 bdeluktos – detestable
- G948 bdelusso – to stink, be detestable
The resources used were the application E-Sword with strong’s numbers and dictionary in KJV+ and the KJVof the Bible edited by Spiros Zodhiates. I take full responsiblity for any errors, which please point out to me. This page is intended to be a resource for the church.
It was developed in the first place to counter the argunment that the word for abomination (to-evah) used to describe sodomy in Lev 18:22 is always associated with idolatry and that therefore Lev 18:22 can be ignored today. Yes, ‘to-evah’ is used in connection with idolatry, but the widespread use of the same word in Proverbs in particular shows its meaning is much wider than that, conveying moral outrage, not necessarily in connection with idolatry, but always in connection with rebellion from God, in every case.
There is even another word (shiqquts) which is specifically to do with idolatry, used widely in Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea and Zechariah. Ezekiel uses to-evah everywhere except in chapter 20, where he switches to ‘shiqquts’ and specifically upbraids Israel for departing from the Lord.
And of course the word (I humbly suggest) which has been mistranslated as ‘abomination’ in the KJV for the food laws in Lev 11 is sheqets, which means unclean, not morally reprehensible.
In all, translated as ‘abomination’ in the KJV, basah and za’am each occur once, and pigul and tawab four times each. Shaqats is used twice, and sheqets 11 times (8 of those in Lev 11) and shiqquts occurs 20 times. The remaining 132 out of the total 175 occurences of the words abomination / abominations / abominable have been translated from the Hebrew to’evah.
Finally, boringly, in Lev 19:19and Deut 22:11, wearing a garment of mixed wool and linen is not described as an abomination, but just as a ‘thou shalt not’, and it rules out only the mixture of wool and linen, and not cotton and polyester.
I shall not trouble to commentate on the Greek translations in the New Testament; they are self-explanatory, and cause nothing like the confusion that the Old Testament Hebrew has caused. The verses follow:
Old Testament (KJV)
Gen. 43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the Egyptians.
Gen. 46:34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the Egyptians.
Ex. 8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
Lev. 7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination (H6292 piggul – stinking, fetid), and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
Lev. 7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Lev. 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) unto you:
Lev. 11:11 They shall be even an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean).
Lev. 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) unto you. Lev. 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean): the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Lev. 11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) unto you.
Lev. 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) unto you.
Lev. 11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean); it shall not be eaten.
Lev. 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean).
Lev. 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable (H8262 shaqats – filthy, unclean) with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
Lev. 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Lev. 18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting); neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
Lev. 18:27 (For all these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Lev. 18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Lev. 18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
Lev. 19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable (H6292 piggul – stinking, fetid); it shall not be accepted.
Lev. 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) : they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Lev. 20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable (H8262 shaqats – filthy, unclean) by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Deut. 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD thy God.
Deut. 7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
Deut. 12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Deut. 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) is wrought among you;
Deut. 14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) thing.
Deut. 17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD thy God.
Deut. 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) is wrought in Israel :
Deut. 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of those nations.
Deut. 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD: and because of these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Deut. 20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
Deut. 22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD thy God.
Deut. 23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD thy God.
Deut. 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deut. 25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD thy God.
Deut. 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Deut. 29:17 And ye have seen their abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous), and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
Deut. 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) provoked they him to anger.
1 Sam. 13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination (H887 basah – smelling, bad) with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
1 Ki. 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) of the Ammonites.
1 Ki. 11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab , in the hill that is before Jerusalem , and for Molech, the abomination (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) of the children of Ammon.
1 Ki. 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel .
2 Ki. 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel , yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel .
2 Ki. 21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel .
2 Ki. 21:11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
2 Ki. 23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
2 Ki. 23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
1 Chr. 21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable (H8581 tawab – loathsome) to Joab.
2 Chr. 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
2 Chr. 28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel .
2 Chr. 33:2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel .
2 Chr. 34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel , and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chr. 36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah : and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chr. 36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem .
Ezra 9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
Ezra 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting)? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Job 15:16 How much more abominable (H8581 tawab – loathsome) and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Ps. 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable (H8581 tawab – loathsome) works, there is none that doeth good.
Ps. 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable (H8581 tawab – loathsome) iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Ps. 88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Pro. 3:32 For the froward is abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Pro. 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto him:
Pro. 8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to my lips.
Pro. 11:1 A false balance is abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Pro. 11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Pro. 12:22 Lying lips are abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Pro. 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to fools to depart from evil.
Pro. 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Pro. 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Pro. 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Pro. 16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Pro. 16:12 It is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Pro. 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD.
Pro. 20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the LORD.
Pro. 20:23 Divers weights are an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Pro. 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) : how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Pro. 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to men.
Pro. 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) in his heart.
Pro. 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) .
Pro. 29:27 An unjust man is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) to the wicked.
Isa. 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isa. 14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable (H8581 tawab – loathsome) branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
Isa. 41:24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) is he that chooseth you.
Isa. 44:19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) ? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Isa. 65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable (H6292 piggul – stinking, fetid) things is in their vessels;
Isa. 66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous).
Isa. 66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean), and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Jer. 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) .
Jer. 4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
Jer. 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) ? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jer. 7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting)?
Jer. 7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
Jer. 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) ? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jer. 13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
Jer. 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) things.
Jer. 32:34 But they set their abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Jer. 32:35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), to cause Judah to sin.
Jer. 44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) thing that I hate.
Jer. 44:22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
Eze. 4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable (H6292 piggul – stinking, fetid) flesh into my mouth.
Eze. 5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
Eze. 6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of the house of Israel ! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Eze. 7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze. 7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
Eze. 7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
Eze. 8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) that they do here. Eze. 8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) that they do.
Eze. 8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable (H8263 sheqets – filthy, unclean) beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel , pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Eze. 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) than these.
Eze. 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
Eze. 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) that be done in the midst thereof.
Eze. 11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) thereof from thence.
Eze. 11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Eze. 12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze. 14:6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 16:2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting),
Eze. 16:22 And in all thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
Eze. 16:36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
Eze. 16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 16:47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting): but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
Eze. 16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Eze. 16:51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) which thou hast done.
Eze. 16:52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable (H8581 tawab – loathsome) than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
Eze. 16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), saith the LORD.
Eze. 18:12 (He that) Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting),
Eze. 18:13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting); he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Eze. 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Eze. 20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) of their fathers:
Eze. 20:7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt : I am the LORD your God.
Eze. 20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
Eze. 20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous)?
Eze. 22:2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 22:11 And one hath committed abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
Eze. 23:36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting);
Eze. 33:26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting), and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess the land?
Eze. 33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) which they have committed.
Eze. 36:31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 43:8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.
Eze. 44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel , let it suffice you of all your abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting),
Eze. 44:7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting).
Eze. 44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) which they have committed.
Dan. 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Dan. 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) that maketh desolate.
Dan. 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) were according as they loved.
Micah 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable (H2194 za’am – enraging)?
Nah. 3:6 And I will cast abominable (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
Zech. 9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations (H8251 shiqquts – disgusting, idolatrous) from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
Mal. 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination (H8441 to’evah – morally disgusting) is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem ; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
New Testament (KJV)
Matt. 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination (G946 bdelugma – detestation) of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Mark 13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination (G946 bdelugma – detestation) of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Luke 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination (G946 bdelugma – detestation) in the sight of God.
Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable (G947 bdeluktos – detestable), and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
1 Pet. 4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable (G111 athemitos – unlawful) idolatries:
Rev. 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations (G946 bdelugma – detestation) and filthiness of her fornication:
Rev. 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS (G946 bdelugma – detestation) OF THE EARTH.
Rev. 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable (G948 bdelusso – to stink, be detestable), and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Rev. 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination (G946 bdelugma – detestation), or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
