# H8581 תַּעָב

תַּעָב (taʻâb), Strong’s H8581: to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest KJV: (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.. Occurs 22 times.

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*taʻâb* — to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

KJV: (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.

Occurs 22 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [תַּעָב] vb. denom. Niph. Pi.
- Niph. be abhorred
- Pi.
- 1 regard as an abomination, abhor
- 2 cause to be an abomination
- Hiph. make abominable, do abominably

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 7:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=26) — You shall not bring an abomination into your house and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it. You…
- [Deuteronomy 23:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/23?v=8) — You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a…
- [1 Kings 21:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/21?v=26) — He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the…
- [Isaiah 14:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/14?v=19) — But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain who are thrust through with the…
- [Isaiah 49:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/49?v=7) — The LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a…
- [Ezekiel 16:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/16?v=25) — You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened…
- [Ezekiel 16:52](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/16?v=52) — You also bear your own shame yourself, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you…
- [Amos 5:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/amos/5?v=10) — They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
- [Micah 3:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/3?v=9) — Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and…
- [Psalms 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/5?v=7) — You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.