Bible Dictionary
ABHOR
To reject, despise, detest, or regard as loathsome. Scripture uses the term for both human contempt and things offensive before God.
Definition
To abhor is to cast away, reject, despise, defy, contemn, or regard as loathsome. The biblical terms behind it include ideas of becoming foul, rejecting as unclean, fearing, detesting, and hating.
Biblical Usage
Scripture uses the word for human contempt and rejection, for loathing or detesting persons or things, and for conduct or objects regarded as offensive before God.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ab-hor': "To cast away," "reject," "despise," "defy," "contemn," "loathe," etc.</p><p>(1) Translated in the Old Testament from the following Hebrew words amongst others: (ba'ash), "to be or to become stinking" (1Sa 27:12; 2Sa 16:21); (ga`al), "to cast away as unclean," "to loathe"; compare Eze 16:5 the King James Version; (quts), "to loathe," "to fear" (Ex 1:12 m; 1Ki 11:25; Isa 7:16); (shaqats), "to detest" (Ps 22:24); (ta'abh), (ta`abh), "to contemn" (De 23:7); (dera'on), "an object of contempt," "an abhorring" (Isa 66:24; Da 12:2 margin).</p><p>(2) Translated in the New Testament from the following Greek words: bdelussomai, which is derived from bdeo, "to stink" (Ro 2:22); apostugeo, derived from stugeo, "to hate," "to shrink from" (Ro 12:9).</p><p>A. L. Breslich</p>