תּוֹעֵבַה
abomination
also: a disgusting thing, abominable fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct 43 times (36%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 30 times (25%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 23 times (19%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 22 times (19%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 118 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H8441 appears — 112 distinct verses across 14 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 43:32 תוֹעֵבָ֥ה n c fs They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
- Genesis 46:34 תוֹעֲבַ֥ת n c fs cs that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."
Exodus 1 verse
Leviticus 6 verses
- Leviticus 18:22 תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה n c fs "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestible.
- Leviticus 18:26 הַ/תּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת ptcl def.art + n c fp You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
- Leviticus 18:27 הַ/תּוֹעֵבֹ֣ת ptcl def.art + n c fp (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);
- Leviticus 18:29 הַ/תּוֹעֵב֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
- Leviticus 18:30 הַ/תּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙ ptcl def.art + n c fp Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"
- Leviticus 20:13 תּוֹעֵבָ֥ה n c fs If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Deuteronomy 16 verses
- Deuteronomy 7:25 תוֹעֲבַ֛ת n c fs cs The engraved images of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 7:26 תֽוֹעֵבָה֙ n c fs You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it: you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
- Deuteronomy 12:31 תּוֹעֲבַ֨ת n c fs cs You shall not do so to Yahweh your God: for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 13:14 הַ/תּוֹעֵבָ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c fs then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,
- Deuteronomy 14:3 תּוֹעֵבָֽה n c fs You shall not eat any abominable thing.
- Deuteronomy 17:1 תוֹעֲבַ֛ת n c fs cs You shall not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a blemish, [or] anything evil; for that is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 17:4 הַ/תּוֹעֵבָ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c fs and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then shall you inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,
- Deuteronomy 18:9 כְּ/תוֹעֲבֹ֖ת prep + n c fp cs When you are come into the land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
- Deuteronomy 18:12 תוֹעֲבַ֥ת הַ/תּוֹעֵבֹ֣ת n c fs cs ptcl def.art + n c fp For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh: and because of these abominations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you.
- Deuteronomy 20:18 תּֽוֹעֲבֹתָ֔/ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 22:5 תוֹעֲבַ֛ת n c fs cs A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 23:18 תוֹעֲבַ֛ת n c fs cs You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 24:4 תוֹעֵבָ֥ה n c fs her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 25:16 תוֹעֲבַ֛ת n c fs cs For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 32:16 בְּ/תוֹעֵבֹ֖ת prep + n c fp They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
1 Kings 1 verse
2 Kings 4 verses
- 2 Kings 16:3 כְּ/תֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ prep + n c fp cs But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel.
- 2 Kings 21:2 כְּ/תֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ prep + n c fp cs He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
- 2 Kings 21:11 הַ/תֹּעֵב֣וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;
- 2 Kings 23:13 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
2 Chronicles 5 verses
- 2 Chronicles 28:3 כְּ/תֹֽעֲבוֹת֙ prep + n c fp cs Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:2 כְּ/תֽוֹעֲבוֹת֙ prep + n c fp cs He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 34:33 הַ/תּוֹעֵב֗וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn't depart from following Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 36:8 וְ/תֹֽעֲבֹתָ֤י/ו conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations 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 place.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14 תֹּעֲב֣וֹת n c fp cs Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
Ezra 3 verses
- Ezra 9:1 כְּ֠/תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵי/הֶם prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
- Ezra 9:11 בְּ/תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵי/הֶ֗ם prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:
- Ezra 9:14 הַ/תֹּעֵב֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? would not you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
Psalms 1 verse
Proverbs 20 verses
- Proverbs 3:32 תוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright.
- Proverbs 6:16 תועבות תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת n c fp cs n c fs cs There are six things which Yahweh hates; Yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
- Proverbs 8:7 וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֖ת conj + n c fs cs For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
- Proverbs 11:1 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.
- Proverbs 11:20 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, But those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
- Proverbs 12:22 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, But those who do the truth are his delight.
- Proverbs 13:19 וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֥ת conj + n c fs cs Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, But fools detest turning from evil.
- Proverbs 15:8 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Proverbs 15:9 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But he loves him who follows after righteousness.
- Proverbs 15:26 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
- Proverbs 16:5 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: They shall assuredly not be unpunished.
- Proverbs 16:12 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, For the throne is established by righteousness.
- Proverbs 17:15 תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת n c fs cs He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Proverbs 20:10 תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת n c fs cs Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Proverbs 20:23 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת n c fs cs Yahweh detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing.
- Proverbs 21:27 תּוֹעֵבָ֑ה n c fs The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
- Proverbs 24:9 וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֖ת conj + n c fs cs The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
- Proverbs 26:25 תּוֹעֵב֣וֹת n c fp When his speech is charming, don't believe him; For there are seven abominations in his heart:
- Proverbs 28:9 תּוֹעֵבָֽה n c fs He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
- Proverbs 29:27 תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֖ת n c fs cs conj + n c fs cs A dishonest man detests the righteous, And the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 1:13 תּוֹעֵבָ֛ה n c fs Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
- Isaiah 41:24 תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה n c fs Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you.
- Isaiah 44:19 לְ/תוֹעֵבָ֣ה prep + n c fs None calls to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Jeremiah 8 verses
- Jeremiah 2:7 לְ/תוֹעֵבָֽה prep + n c fs I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
- Jeremiah 6:15 תוֹעֵבָ֖ה n c fs Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:10 הַ/תּוֹעֵב֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?
- Jeremiah 8:12 תוֹעֵבָ֖ה n c fs Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 16:18 וְ/תוֹעֲב֣וֹתֵי/הֶ֔ם conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
- Jeremiah 32:35 הַ/תּוֹעֵבָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs 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] to Molech; which I didn't command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
- Jeremiah 44:4 הַ/תֹּעֵבָ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c fs However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate.
- Jeremiah 44:22 הַ/תּוֹעֵבֹ֖ת ptcl def.art + n c fp so that Yahweh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
Ezekiel 41 verses
- Ezekiel 5:9 תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs I will do in you that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 5:11 תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֑יִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs Therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish [you]; neither shall my eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
- Ezekiel 6:9 תּוֹעֲבֹתֵי/הֶֽם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- Ezekiel 6:11 תּוֹעֲב֥וֹת n c fp cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Smite with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
- Ezekiel 7:3 תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:4 וְ/תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 7:8 תּוֹעֲבוֹתָֽיִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:9 וְ/תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.
- Ezekiel 7:20 תוֹעֲבֹתָ֛/ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations [and] their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it to them as an unclean thing.
- Ezekiel 8:6 תּוֹעֵב֨וֹת תּוֹעֵב֖וֹת n c fp n c fp He said to me, Son of man, see you what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but you shall again see yet other great abominations.
- Ezekiel 8:9 הַ/תּוֹעֵב֣וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp He said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
- Ezekiel 8:13 תּוֹעֵב֥וֹת n c fp He said also to me, You shall again see yet other great abominations which they do.
- Ezekiel 8:15 תּוֹעֵב֥וֹת n c fp Then said he to me, Have you seen [this], son of man? you shall again see yet greater abominations than these.
- Ezekiel 8:17 הַ/תּוֹעֵב֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp Then he said to me, Have you seen [this], son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and, behold, they put the branch to their nose.
- Ezekiel 9:4 הַ/תּ֣וֹעֵב֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 11:18 תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶ֖י/הָ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3fs They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all the abominations of it from there.
- Ezekiel 11:21 וְ/תוֹעֲבוֹתֵי/הֶ֖ם conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 12:16 תּוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֗ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp 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 among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 14:6 תּוֹעֲבֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 2mp Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Return you, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:2 תּוֹעֲבֹתֶֽי/הָ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3fs Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
- Ezekiel 16:22 תּוֹעֲבֹתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and was weltering in your blood.
- Ezekiel 16:36 תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations, and for the blood of your children, that you gave to them;
- Ezekiel 16:43 תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:47 וּ/בְ/תוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֖ן conj + prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3fp Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as [if that were] a very little [thing], you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
- Ezekiel 16:50 תוֹעֵבָ֖ה n c fs They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].
- Ezekiel 16:51 תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֖יִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done.
- Ezekiel 16:58 תּוֹעֲבוֹתַ֖יִ/ךְ n c fp cs + sfx pers 2fs You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 18:12 תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה n c fs has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
- Ezekiel 18:13 הַ/תּוֹעֵב֤וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
- Ezekiel 18:24 הַ/תּוֹעֵב֜וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
- Ezekiel 20:4 תּוֹעֲבֹ֥ת n c fp cs Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
- Ezekiel 22:2 תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶֽי/הָ n c fp cs + sfx pers 3fs You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
- Ezekiel 22:11 תּֽוֹעֵבָ֔ה n c fs One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
- Ezekiel 23:36 תוֹעֲבוֹתֵי/הֶֽן n c fp cs + sfx pers 3fp Yahweh said moreover to me: Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare to them their abominations.
- Ezekiel 33:26 תּוֹעֵבָ֔ה n c fs You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile everyone his neighbor's wife: and shall you possess the land?
- Ezekiel 33:29 תּוֹעֲבֹתָ֖/ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp Then shall they know that I am Yahweh, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
- Ezekiel 36:31 תּוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶֽם n c fp cs + sfx pers 2mp Then shall you remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
- Ezekiel 43:8 בְּ/תֽוֹעֲבוֹתָ/ם֙ prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was [but] the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
- Ezekiel 44:6 תּוֹעֲבֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם n c fp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
- Ezekiel 44:7 תּוֹעֲבוֹתֵי/כֶֽם n c fp cs + sfx pers 2mp in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [to add] to all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 44:13 וְ/תוֹעֲבוֹתָ֖/ם conj + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
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The Hebrew noun תועבה centers on the idea of “abomination.” Debuting at Genesis 43:32, it then recurs through the corpus. Spanning 112 verses in 14 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Ezekiel dominates its distribution — 41 of 112 verses. Alongside “abomination” the lexicon also lists “a disgusting thing” and “abominable” — part of its full sense range. Dig into 112-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8441 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 112
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 112 distinct verses.
- 14 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 14 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #369
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 369 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 112 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Ezekiel 41 verses 37%
- Proverbs 20 verses 18%
- Deuteronomy 16 verses 14%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 112 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 58 verses · 52%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 29 verses · 26%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 25 verses · 22%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Abominations 27×, Abomination 20×, Is an abomination 11×
- American Standard Version: Abominations 23×, Is an abomination 18×, Abomination 17×
- Berean Standard Bible: Abominations 52×, Is detestable 17×, Abomination 12×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Abominations 36×, Abomination 15×, Is an abomination 8×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8441 across 117 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8441 across 117 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 27 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8441 across 116 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8441 across 117 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 6 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. ritual sense:
- a. Isr.’s sacrifices, ת׳ מִצְרַיִם (gen. obj.) Ex 8:22(×2) (E), cf. Gn 46:34 (J); ת׳ למצרים 43:32 (J); ת׳ לְ of physical repugnance ψ 88:9. e.g. Exodus 8:22
- b. to God and his people: ת׳ of unclean food Dt 14:3; worshipper of idols Is 41:24, cf.Je 2:7; various objectionable acts: ת׳ לפני י׳ Dt 24:4; ת׳ י׳ 7:25 (חֵרֶם, cf. v 26), 17:1; 18:12; 22:5; 23:19; 27:15; offering of children (עשׂה) 12:31, cf. Je 32:35, also pl. 2 K 16:3 = 2 Ch 28:3, Dt 18:9, 12 (+ witchcraft); idolatrous practices (sometimes with other illegal acts) עשׂה (ך)ת׳ Dt 13:15; 17:4; Ez 16:50; 18:12; Mal 2:11 (intermarriage with idolaters), cf. Je 44:4; usually c. pl. noun Dt 20:18; 1 K 14:24; 2 K 21:2, 11; 2 Ch 33:2; 36:8; Je 7:10; 44:22; Ez 8:6 + 12 times Ez.; cf. תועבות 2 Ch 36:14; Ezr 9:1, 11, 14; Ez 5:9 + 18 times Ez.; of idols Dt 32:16; (תועבה) 2 K 23:13; Is 44:19 (cf. Dt 27:15); idolatrous objects 2 Ch 34:33; ‖ שׁקּוצים Je 16:18 (RJE) Ez 5:11; 11:18, 21, (צַלְמֵי ת׳) 7:20; ‖ גלולים 14:6, cf. 6:9; גִּלּוּלֵי ת׳ 16:36. e.g. Deuteronomy 14:3
- 2. ethical sense:
- a. c. gen. obj. of man, ת׳ שְׂפָתַי Pr 8:7, ת׳ מלכים 16:12, ת׳ צדיקים 29:27a, ת׳ כסילים 13:19, ת׳ רָשָׁע 29:27b, ת׳ לְאָדָם 24:9. e.g. Proverbs 8:7
- b. to God and his people: ת׳ of sacrifice of wicked Pr 21:27 (cf. 15:8), his prayers 28:9 cf. Is 1:13 (ת׳ לְ), prob. also Je 6:15 = 8:12 (of various kinds of wickedness); unchastity Lv 18:22; c. עשׂה 20:13 (H) Ez 22:11; 33:26; cf. תועבות Lv 18:26, 27, 29 (cf.v 30; H), also Pr 26:25; ת׳ י׳ Dt 25:16 Pr 3:32 + 10 times Pr., cf. 6:16. e.g. Proverbs 21:27
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.f. abomination;—abs. ת׳ Gn 43:32 + 21 times; תֹּעֵבָה Je 44:4; cstr. תּוֹעֲבַת Gn 46:34 +; pl. תּוֹעֵבוֹת Ez 8:6 +; cstr. תּוֹעֲבוֹת 6:11 +, etc.; sf. תֹּעֲבֹתָיו 2 Ch 36:8, etc.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from תעב (taʻâb) (H8581) — to abhor.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
תּוֹעֵבָה
- , Barth Et. St. p. 28; cmp., however, עֲבָבִית, עַוִּית) that which is repulsive, abomination. Ber. 23ᵃ תפלתו ת׳ (fr. Prov. XXVIII, 9) his prayer is an abomination (unacceptable). Lev. R. s. 27 (ref. to Is. XLI, 24) אותה ת׳ שכתוב בה … מאותה הת׳ וכ׳ that abomination of which it is said (Ex. XXXII, 8) ‘they have made themselves a molten image’—of that abomination (that class of animals) bring ye an offering &c.; Tanḥ. Emor 11. Nidd. 70ᵃ; Yeb. 11ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XXIV, 4) היא ת׳ ואין בניה תּוֹעֵבִין she (the divorced woman remarried after having been another man’s wife) is an abomination, but her children are not abominations (her daughters may be married by priests); Kidd. 77ᵃ תּוֹעֵבִים. Y. Yeb. IV, 6ᵇ bot. היא ת׳ ואין הוולד ת׳. Tem. 29ᵇ; a. fr. e.g. Proverbs 28:9
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 79 distinct written forms H8441 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 19 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 106 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 112 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 43:32
- Exodus 8:26
- Leviticus 18:22
- Deuteronomy 7:25
- 2 Kings 16:3
- 2 Chronicles 28:3
- Ezra 9:1
- Psalms 88:8
- Proverbs 3:32
- Isaiah 1:13
- Jeremiah 2:7
- Ezekiel 5:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
