Lexical Summary bdelyssomai: to detest Original Word: βδελύσσομαιTransliteration: bdelyssomai Phonetic Spelling: (bdel-oos'-so) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to detest Meaning: to detest Strong's Concordance abhor, abominable. From a (presumed) derivative of bdeo (to stink); to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry) -- abhor, abominable. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 948: βδελύσσωβδελύσσω: (βδέω quietly to break wind, to stink); 1. to render foul, to cause to be abhorred: τήν ὀσμήν, Exodus 5:21; to defile, pollute: τάς ψυχάς, τήν ψυχήν, Leviticus 11:43; Leviticus 20:25; 1 Macc. 1:48; perfect passive participle ἐβδελυγμένος abominable, Revelation 21:8 (Leviticus 18:30; Proverbs 8:7; Job 15:16; 3Macc. 6:9; βδελυσσόμενος, 2 Macc. 5:8). In native Greek writings neither the active nor the passive is found. 2. βδελύσσομαι; deponent middle (1 aorist ἐβδελυξάμην often in the Sept. (Josephus, b. j 6, 2, 10); in Greek writings deponent passive, and from Aristophanes down); properly, to turn oneself away from on account of the stench; metaphorically, to abhor, detest: τί, Romans 2:22. |
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