Jump to: ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources ATS Bible Dictionary AbominationA term applied in Scripture to objects of great detestation. Idols and their worship were so named, because they robbed God of his honor, while the rites themselves were impure and cruel, De 7:25,26 12:31. The term was used respecting the Hebrews in Egypt, Genesis 43:32 Exodus 8:26, either because they ate and sacrificed animals held sacred by the Egyptians, or because they did not observe those ceremonies in eating which made a part of the religion of Egypt; and in Genesis 46:34, because they were "wandering shepherds," a race of whom had grievously oppressed Egypt. Easton's Bible Dictionary This word is used, (1.) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Genesis 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it unlawful to eat or drink with foreigners (John 18:28; Acts 10:28; 11:3). (2.) Every shepherd was "an abomination" unto the Egyptians (Genesis 46:34). This aversion to shepherds, such as the Hebrews, arose probably from the fact that Lower and Middle Egypt had formerly been held in oppressive subjection by a tribe of nomad shepherds (the Hyksos), who had only recently been expelled, and partly also perhaps from this other fact that the Egyptians detested the lawless habits of these wandering shepherds. (3.) Pharaoh was so moved by the fourth plague, that while he refused the demand of Moses, he offered a compromise, granting to the Israelites permission to hold their festival and offer their sacrifices in Egypt. This permission could not be accepted, because Moses said they would have to sacrifice "the abomination of the Egyptians" (Exodus 8:26); i.e., the cow or ox, which all the Egyptians held as sacred, and which they regarded it as sacrilegious to kill. (4.) Daniel (11:31), in that section of his prophecies which is generally interpreted as referring to the fearful calamities that were to fall on the Jews in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, says, "And they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." Antiochus Epiphanes caused an altar to be erected on the altar of burnt-offering, on which sacrifices were offered to Jupiter Olympus. (Comp. 1 Macc. 1:57). This was the abomination of the desolation of Jerusalem. The same language is employed in Dan. 9:27 (Comp. Matthew 24:15), where the reference is probably to the image-crowned standards which the Romans set up at the east gate of the temple (A.D. 70), and to which they paid idolatrous honours. "Almost the entire religion of the Roman camp consisted in worshipping the ensign, swearing by the ensign, and in preferring the ensign before all other gods." These ensigns were an "abomination" to the Jews, the "abomination of desolation." This word is also used symbolically of sin in general (Isaiah 66:3); an idol (44:19); the ceremonies of the apostate Church of Rome (Revelation 17:4); a detestable act (Ezek. 22:11). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) Anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; a detestable behavior; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.2. (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ABOMINATIONa-bom-i-na'-shun (piggul, to`ebhah, sheqets (shiqquts)): Three distinct Hebrew words are rendered in the English Bible by "abomination," or "abominable thing," referring (except in Genesis 43:32; Genesis 46:34) to things or practices abhorrent to Yahweh, and opposed to the ritual or moral requirements of His religion. It would be well if these words could be distinguished in translation, as they denote different degrees of abhorrence or loathsomeness. ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION des-o-la'-shun: The Hebrew root for abomination is shaqats, "to be filthy," "to loathe," "to abhor," from which is derived shiqquts, "filthy," especially "idolatrous." This word is used to describe specific forms of idolatrous worship that were specially abhorrent, as of the Ammonites (1 Kings 11:5, 7); of the Moabites (1 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 23:13). When Daniel undertook to specify an abomination so surpassingly disgusting to the sense of morality and decency, and so aggressive against everything that was godly as to drive all from its presence and leave its abode desolate, he chose this as the strongest among the several synonyms, adding the qualification "that maketh desolate" (Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11), Septuagint bdel-ug-ma er-e-mo-se-os. The same noun, though in the plural, occurs in Deuteronomy 29:17 2 Kings 23:24; Isaiah 66:3 Jeremiah 4:1; Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 32:34 Ezekiel 20:7, 8, 30 Daniel 9:27 Hosea 9:10; Zechariah 9:7. The New Testament equivalent of the noun is bdel-ug-ma = "detestable," i.e. (specially) "idolatrous." Alluding to Daniel, Christ spoke of the "abomination of desolation" (Matthew 24:15 Mark 13:14). ABOMINATION, BIRDS OF Leviticus 11:13-19: "And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the osprey, and the kite, and the falcon after its kind, every raven after its kind, and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind, and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture, and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat." Deuteronomy 14:12-18 gives the glede in addition. BIRDS OF ABOMINATION DESOLATION, ABOMINATION OF See ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION. Greek 946. bdelugma -- a detestable thing ... Word Origin from bdelussomai Definition a detestable thing NASB Word Usage abomination (3), abominations (2), detestable (1). abomination. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/946.htm - 7k Strong's Hebrew 8441. toebah -- abomination... 8440, 8441. toebah or toebah. 8442 . abomination. Transliteration: toebah or toebah Phonetic Spelling: (to-ay-baw') Short Definition: abominations. ... /hebrew/8441.htm - 6k 8262. shaqats -- to detest, make detestable 8442. toah -- a wandering, error 6292. piggul -- foul thing, refuse 8263. sheqets -- detestation, detestable thing 887. baash -- to have a bad smell, to stink 8251. shiqquts -- detested thing Library And what Pollution or Abomination could have Flowed from This... Concerning the Abomination of the Sacred Rites of the Great Mother ... Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in their ... Worship The Fall of Solomon Of the Holy Martyrs Juventinus and Maximinus. Whether God is a Cause of Sin? What the Ruler's Discrimination Should be Between Correction and ... The Old and New Testaments have Many Things in Common -- Far More ... Things Unknown Thesaurus Abomination (78 Occurrences)... (2.) Every shepherd was "an abomination" unto the Egyptians (Genesis 46:34). ... (Comp. 1 Macc. 1:57). This was the abomination of the desolation of Jerusalem. ... /a/abomination.htm - 55k Detestation (5 Occurrences) Desolation (131 Occurrences) Teeming (18 Occurrences) Abominable (52 Occurrences) Zidonians (11 Occurrences) Desolating (6 Occurrences) Milcom (8 Occurrences) Crawling (20 Occurrences) Swarming (19 Occurrences) Resources What is an abomination? | GotQuestions.orgWhat is the abomination of desolation? | GotQuestions.org What is the Queen James Bible? | GotQuestions.org Abomination: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Abomination (78 Occurrences)Matthew 24:15 Mark 13:14 Luke 16:15 Revelation 21:27 Genesis 43:32 Genesis 46:34 Exodus 8:26 Leviticus 7:18 Leviticus 7:21 Leviticus 11:10 Leviticus 11:11 Leviticus 11:12 Leviticus 11:13 Leviticus 11:20 Leviticus 11:23 Leviticus 11:41 Leviticus 11:42 Leviticus 18:22 Leviticus 19:7 Leviticus 20:13 Leviticus 20:23 Leviticus 20:25 Numbers 11:20 Deuteronomy 7:25 Deuteronomy 7:26 Deuteronomy 12:31 Deuteronomy 13:14 Deuteronomy 17:1 Deuteronomy 17:4 Deuteronomy 18:12 Deuteronomy 22:5 Deuteronomy 23:18 Deuteronomy 24:4 Deuteronomy 25:16 Deuteronomy 27:15 Judges 20:6 1 Samuel 13:4 1 Kings 11:5 1 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 23:13 Psalms 88:8 Proverbs 3:32 Proverbs 6:16 Proverbs 8:7 Proverbs 11:20 Proverbs 12:22 Proverbs 13:19 Proverbs 15:8 Proverbs 15:9 Proverbs 15:26 Proverbs 16:5 Proverbs 16:12 Proverbs 17:15 Proverbs 20:10 Proverbs 20:23 Proverbs 21:27 Proverbs 24:9 Proverbs 28:9 Proverbs 29:27 Isaiah 1:13 Isaiah 41:24 Isaiah 44:19 Isaiah 66:17 Jeremiah 2:7 Jeremiah 6:15 Jeremiah 8:12 Jeremiah 32:35 Jeremiah 44:4 Ezekiel 8:17 Ezekiel 16:25 Ezekiel 16:50 Ezekiel 18:12 Ezekiel 22:11 Ezekiel 33:26 Daniel 9:27 Daniel 11:31 Daniel 12:11 Malachi 2:11 Subtopics Abomination to God: Lying With a Woman in Her Menses Abomination to God: Offering Children in Sacrifice Abomination to God: Offering Seed to Molech Abomination to God: Sorcery and Necromancy Abomination to God: The Hire of a Whore and Price of a Dog, As a Consecrated Gift Abomination to God: Uncleanness Abomination to God: Unjust Weights and Measures Abomination: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Related Terms |