--- title: תּוֹעֵבַה — abomination · The Tanakh dictionary description: תּוֹעֵבַה (8441), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 117 times: abomination. BDB 1906: n.f. abomination. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8441.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514.md)‎ / תּוֹעֵבַה‎ # תּוֹעֵבַה «תּוֹעֵבַה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **abomination** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 117 times · **Key:** 8441 · **BDB:** תּוֹעֵבָה ### Glosses abominations (50); abomination (10); \[is\].(the).abomination (9) ### Meaning (OSHB) abomination [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8441/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. abomination [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8441/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. abomination;—abs. ת׳ Gn 43:32 + 21 times; תֹּעֵבָה Je 44:4; cstr. תּוֹעֲבַת Gn 46:34 +; pl. תּוֹעֵבוֹת Ez 8:6 +; cstr. תּוֹעֲבוֹת 6:11 +, etc.; sf. תֹּעֲבֹתָיו 2 Ch 36:8, etc.;— ritual sense: Isr.’s sacrifices, ת׳ מִצְרַיִם (gen. obj.) Ex 8:22(×2) (E), cf. Gn 46:34 (J); ת׳ למצרים 43:32 (J); ת׳ לְ of physical repugnance ψ 88:9. to God and his people: ת׳ of unclean food Dt 14:3; worshipper of idols Is 41:24, cf.Je 2:7; various objectionable acts: ת׳ לפני י׳ Dt 24:4; ת׳ י׳ 7:25 (חֵרֶם, cf. v 26), 17:1; 18:12; 22:5; 23:19; 27:15; offering of children (עשׂה) 12:31, cf. Je 32:35, also pl. 2 K 16:3 = 2 Ch 28:3, Dt 18:9, 12 (+ witchcraft); idolatrous practices (sometimes with other illegal acts) עשׂה (ך)ת׳ Dt 13:15; 17:4; Ez 16:50; 18:12; Mal 2:11 (intermarriage with idolaters), cf. Je 44:4; usually c. pl. noun Dt 20:18; 1 K 14:24; 2 K 21:2, 11; 2 Ch 33:2; 36:8; Je 7:10; 44:22; Ez 8:6 + 12 times Ez.; cf. תועבות 2 Ch 36:14; Ezr 9:1, 11, 14; Ez 5:9 + 18 times Ez.; of idols Dt 32:16; (תועבה) 2 K 23:13; Is 44:19 (cf. Dt 27:15); idolatrous objects 2 Ch 34:33; ‖ שׁקּוצים Je 16:18 (RJE) Ez 5:11; 11:18, 21, (צַלְמֵי ת׳) 7:20; ‖ גלולים 14:6, cf. 6:9; גִּלּוּלֵי ת׳ 16:36. ethical sense: c. gen. obj. of man, ת׳ שְׂפָתַי Pr 8:7, ת׳ מלכים 16:12, ת׳ צדיקים 29:27a, ת׳ כסילים 13:19, ת׳ רָשָׁע 29:27b, ת׳ לְאָדָם 24:9. to God and his people: ת׳ of sacrifice of wicked Pr 21:27 (cf. 15:8), his prayers 28:9 cf. Is 1:13 (ת׳ לְ), prob. also Je 6:15 = 8:12 (of various kinds of wickedness); unchastity Lv 18:22; c. עשׂה 20:13 (H) Ez 22:11; 33:26; cf. תועבות Lv 18:26, 27, 29 (cf.v 30; H), also Pr 26:25; ת׳ י׳ Dt 25:16 Pr 3:32 + 10 times Pr., cf. 6:16. Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 76 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «תּוֹעֵבַה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8441/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Deuteronomy 14:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.3/) לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃ *Word for word:* not you.will.eat any disgusting.thing *JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. [Deuteronomy 32:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.16/) יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּ בְּזָרִ֑ים בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖ת יַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ׃ *Word for word:* they made.him.jealous by strange.\[gods\] by abominations they provoked.him.to.anger *JPS 1917:* They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him. - ← previous: [תֹּולַעַת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8438.md) - next →: [תּוֹעָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8442.md) - ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514.md)