STRONGS NUMBER H8441


Word Summary
toebah: abomination
Original Word: תּוֹעֵבַה
Transliteration: toebah
Phonetic Spelling: (to-ay-baw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: abomination
Meaning: something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol
Strong's Concordance
Tolaites

Patronymically from Towla'; a Tolaite (collectively) or descendants of Tola -- Tolaites.

see HEBREW Towla'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8441. toebah

תּוֺעֵבָה117 noun feminine abomination; — absolute ׳תGenesis 43:32 21t.; תֹּעֵבָהJeremiah 44:4; construct תּוֺעֲבַתGenesis 46:34 +; plural תּוֺעֵבוֺתEzekiel 8:6 +; construct תּוֺעֲבוֺת6:11 +, etc.; suffix תֹּעֲבֹתָיוֺ2 Chronicles 36:8, etc.; —

1 ritual sense:

a. Israel's sacrifices, ׳ת מִצְרַיִם‎ (genitive object) Exodus 8:22 (twice in verse) (E), compare Genesis 46:34 (J); ׳ת למצרים43:32 (J); ׳ת לְ‎ of physical repugnance Psalm 88:9.

b. to God and his people: ׳ת‎ of unclean food Deuteronomy 14:3; worshipper of idols Isaiah 41:24, compare Jeremiah 2:7; various objectionable acts: ׳ת י ׳לפניDeuteronomy 24:4; ׳ת ׳י7:25 (חֵרֶם‎, compare 7:26), 17:1; 18:12; 22:5; 23:19; 27:15; offering of children (עשׂה‎) 12:31, compare Jeremiah 32:35, also plural 2 Kings 16:3 2 Chronicles 28:3; Deuteronomy 18:9, 12 ( + witchcraft); idolatrous practices (sometimes with other illegal acts) (כ)ת ׳עשׂה13:15; 17:4; Ezekiel 16:50; 18:12; Malachi 2:11 (intermarriage with idolaters), compare Jeremiah 44:4; usually with plural noun Deuteronomy 20:18; 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 21:2, 11; 2 Chronicles 33:2; 36:8; Jeremiah 7:10; 44:22; Ezekiel 8:6 12t. Ezekiel; compare תועבות2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezra 9:1, 11, 14; Ezekiel 5:9 18t. Ezekiel; of idols Deuteronomy 32:16; (תועבה‎) 2 Kings 23:13; Isaiah 44:19 (compare Deuteronomy 27:15); idolatrous objects 2 Chronicles 34:33; "" שׁקּוציםJeremiah 16:18 (RJE) Ezekiel 5:11; 11:18, 21, (ת ׳צַלְמֵי‎) 7:20; "" גלולים14:6, compare 6:9; ת ׳גִּלּוּלֵי16:36.

2 ethical sense:

a. c. Genitive object of man, ׳ת שְׂפָתַיProverbs 8:7, ׳ת מלכים16:12, ׳ת צדיקים29:27 a, ׳ת כסילים13:19, ׳ת רָשָׁע29:27 b, ׳ת לְאָדָם24:9.

b. to God and his people: ׳ת‎ of sacrifice of wicked Proverbs 21:27 (compare 15:8), his prayers 28:9 compare Isaiah 1:13 (׳ת לְ‎), probably also Jeremiah 6:15 = 8:12 (of various kinds of wickedness); unchastity Leviticus 18:22; with עשׂה20:13 (H) Ezekiel 22:11; 33:26; compare תועבותLeviticus 18:26-27, 29 (compare 18:30; H), also Proverbs 26:25; ׳ת ׳יDeuteronomy 25:16; Proverbs 3:32 10t. Proverbs, compare 6:16.