Quick Definition
ἀποστυγέω v. I detest, abhor
Strong's Definition
from 575 and the base of 4767; to detest utterly
KJV Usage: abhor
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | στυγέω (hate) · στυγητός
88.203 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Hate, Hateful
to hate, to despise to have a strong dislike for someone or something, implying repulsion and desire for avoidance
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-στυγέω, -@; to dislike, abhor, have a horror of: Ro. xii. 9; (Hdt. 2, 47; 6, 129; Soph., Eur., al.). The word is fully diseussed by Fritzsche ad loc. [who takes the ἀπο- as expressive of separation (cf. Lat. re formidare), al. regard it as intensive; (see ἀπό, V.)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποστυγέω apostygeō 1x
to shrink from with abhorrence, detest, Rom. 12:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀπο-στυγέω, -ῶ
(< στυγέω, to hate),
to abhor: Ro 12:9.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποστυγέω (apostugeō) — to abhor. ἀποστῠγ-έω, aorist 1 -εστύγησα[Refs 5th c.BC+](Lyric poetry), -έστυξα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 2 ἀπέστῠγον[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect with present sense, -εστύγηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—hate violently, abhor, Hdt.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὕδωρ (in comparison with wine) [Refs 5th c.BC+][same place]: with infinitive, ἀ. γαμβρὸν ἄν οἱ γενέσθαι Ἱπποκλείδεα[Refs 5th c.BC+]