Quick Definition
to loathe
Strong's Definition
to loathe (morally)
Derivation: a primitive root (probably identical with H8373 (תָּאַב) through the idea of puffing disdainfully at; compare H340 (אָיַב));
KJV Usage: abhor.
TWOT Reference: 2486
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תָּאַב (ta.av) — to loathe. (Piel) to loathe, abhor Another spelling of ta.av (תַּעָב "to abhor" H8581)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · תַּאֲבָה
Wish | verb qal
to long, to desire = process by which someone experiences a desire to know or do something, or for something to happen; ≈ only used in connection with God
verb
Hate | verb pi | ≈ שׂנא
to hate, to abhor, to detest = state in which someone experiences a deep loathing for something
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תַּעָב] vb. denom. Niph. Pi. Niph. be abhorred
Pi. regard as an abomination, abhor
cause to be an abomination
Hiph. make abominable, do abominably
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