STRONGS NUMBER H8581


Word Summary
taab: to abhor
Original Word: תַּעָב
Transliteration: taab
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-ab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to abhor
Meaning: to loathe, detest
Strong's Concordance
make to be abhorred, be, commit more, utterly

A primitive root; to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest -- (make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), X utterly.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8581. taab

[תָּעַב‎] verb denominative Niph`al Pi`el: Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִתְעַב1 Chronicles 21:6; Participle נִתְעָבIsaiah 14:19; Job 15:16; — be abhorred:

1 ritual sense: נִתְעָב נֵצֶרIsaiah 14:19 an abhorred (rejected) branch ( < נֵץvulture, the unclean scavenger bird); וֶנֶאֱלָךְ֑ נִתְעָבJob 15:16 abhorred and corrupt, from disease (נאלח‎ elsewhere Psalm 14:3 = 53:4 "" התעיב‎).

2 ethically: David's census, according to 1 Chronicles 21:6.

Pi`el Perfect3plural sf תִּעֲבוּנִיJob 9:31 2t.; Imperfect יְתָעֵבPsalm 106:40; 5:7 (read 2 masculine singular תְּתַעֵב‎); 3 feminine singular תְּתַעֵב107:18; 2masculine singular תְּתַעֵבDeuteronomy 23:8 (twice in verse), etc.; Infinitive absolute תַּעֵב7:26; Participle מְתָעֵבIsaiah 49:7 (but see infra), + Amos 6:8 (so read for מְתָאֵב‎ GeiUrschrift 349 We Now Marti Harper); plural מְתַעֲבִיםMicah 3:9; —

1 regard as an abomination abhor:

a. ritual sense: (1) of God; with accusative of Israel, because of idols Psalm 106:40. (2) of man: with accusative, of abomination Deuteronomy 7:26 (twice in verse), compare 23:8 (twice in verse); Job Job 19:19; 30:10.

b. ethically: (1) of God; "" שׂנא‎, with accusative: ומרמה דמים אישׁPsalm 5:7 (Amos 6:8 see II. תאב‎). (2) of man; with accusative מִשְׁמָּטMicah 3:9, תָּמִים דֹּבֵרAmos 5:10 ("" שׂנא‎), שֶׁקֶרPsalm 119:163 ("" שׂנא‎).

c. physically: with accusative כָּלאֹֿכֶלPsalm 107:18.

2 cause to be an abomination: with accusative, ritual sense Ezekiel 16:25; Job, from filthy garments Job 9:31; גּוֺי מְתָעֵבIsaiah 49:7 ("" נֶפֶשׁ בְּזִה‎) (read probably

Pu`al מְתִעַב‎, as Oort SS Bu Du).

Hiph`il Perfect2feminine singular הִתְעַבְתְּEzekiel 16:52; 3masculine plural הִתְעִיבוּPsalm 14:1 = 53:2; Imperfect וַיַּתְעֵב1 Kings 21:26; — make abominable, do abominably:

1 ritual sense: with accusative of thing, Ezekiel 16:52; לְ‎ with infinitive 1 Kings 21:26.

2 ethically: with accusative עלילהPsalm 14:1 = 53:2 (עול‎).