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Strong's G948 βδελύσσω (bdelysso)

Bdelysso means “abhor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H948 — buts in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G948
Language Greek
Linked Usages 46
Books 21

Strong's G948 Quick Answer

Strong's G948 βδελύσσω (bdelusso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. bdelusso (bdel-oos'-so) v. 1. to be disgusted 2. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry) It has 46 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include abominable. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
bdelusso (bdel-oos'-so) v. 1. to be disgusted 2. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry)
Usage
46 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
abominable

Meaning and Definition

bdelusso (bdel-oos'-so) v. 1. to be disgusted 2. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry) [from a (presumed) derivative of bdeo "to stink"] KJV: abhor, abominable

Original Word
βδελύσσω
Transliteration
bdelusso
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G948. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to abhor

Usage: βδελύσσω, βδελύσσομαι (βδέω, to stink), [in LXX chiefly for שׁקץ ,תּעב ;] in cl., mid. only (Attic, -ττομαι); to make foul; pass., Rev.21:8; mid., to turn away in disgust from, to detest: Rom.2:22 (Cremer, 137).† (AS)

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How Strong's G948 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render bdelusso, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

abominable Revelation 21:8

How Strong's G948 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G948 (βδελύσσω) appears 45 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G948 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G948 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Romans 2:22 KJV

Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

Revelation 21:8 KJV

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Strong's G948 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 26:29 Septuagint / Brenton

that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.

Exodus 1:12 Septuagint / Brenton

But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.

Exodus 5:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge you, for ye have made our savor abominable before Pharaoh, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to slay us.

Strong's G948 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 9:4 Septuagint / Brenton

and hast given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy dear children; which were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid: O God, O my God, hear me also a widow.

1 Maccabees 1:48 Septuagint / Brenton

that they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:

2 Maccabees 5:8 Septuagint / Brenton

In the end therefore he had an unhappy return, being accused before Aretas the king of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued of all men, hated as a forsaker of the laws, and being had in abomination as an open enemy of his country and countrymen, he was cast out into Egypt.

Usage Excerpts

First 46 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G948.

Genesis 26:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.
Exodus 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.
Exodus 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge you, for ye have made our savor abominable before Pharaoh, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to slay us.
Leviticus 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall abhor their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the things which ye shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea eagle.
Leviticus 11:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and ye shall not be polluted with them, and ye shall not be unclean by them.
Leviticus 18:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And walk ye not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred them:
Leviticus 20:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall make a distinction between the clean and the unclean cattle, and between clean and unclean birds; and ye shall not defile your souls with cattle, or with birds, or with any creeping things of the earth, which I have separated for you by reason of uncleanness.
Leviticus 26:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you;
Deuteronomy 7:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, so shouldest thou be an accursed thing like it; thou shalt utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.
Deuteronomy 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
3 Kingdoms 20:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he did very abominably in following after the abominations, according to all that the Amorite did, whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel.
Job 9:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, And my garment had abhorred me.
Job 15:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, Drinking unrighteousness as a draft.
Job 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
Job 30:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they stood aloof and abhorred me, And spared not to spit in my face.
Psalms 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: The Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms 13:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the end, a Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; There is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.
Psalms 37:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that reward evil for good slandered me; Because I followed righteousness.
Psalms 52:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: There is none that does good.
Psalms 55:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the day long they have abominated my words; All their devices are against me for evil.
Psalms 105:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Lord was very angry with his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
Psalms 106:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their soul abhorred all meat; And they drew near to the gates of death.
Psalms 118:163 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I hate and abhor unrighteousness; But I love thy law.
Proverbs 35:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou shalt be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcass, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.
Isaiah 49:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord’s sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen thee.
Isaiah 66:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear the words of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; speak ye, our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear their joy; but they shall be ashamed.
Hosea 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness, and I saw their fathers as an early watchman in a fig tree: they went in to Baal-peor, and were shamefully estranged, and the abominable became as the beloved.
Amos 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
Amos 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord has sworn by himself, saying, Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off his city with all who inhabit it.
Micah 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear now these words, ye chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness;
Romans 2:22 New Testament, KJV
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
Revelation 21:8 New Testament, KJV
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Judith 9:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and hast given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy dear children; which were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid: O God, O my God, hear me also a widow.
1 Maccabees 1:48 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
that they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:
2 Maccabees 5:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In the end therefore he had an unhappy return, being accused before Aretas the king of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued of all men, hated as a forsaker of the laws, and being had in abomination as an open enemy of his country and countrymen, he was cast out into Egypt.
3 Maccabees 2:33 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
cheerfully looking forward to future aid, they abhorred their own apostates, considering them to be national foes, and debarring them from the common usages of social intercourse.
3 Maccabees 3:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
have rejected the inestimable rights. Not only so, but by using speech, and by refraining from speech, they abhor the few among them who are heartily disposed toward us; ever deeming that their ignoble course of procedure will force us to do away with our reform.
3 Maccabees 6:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, thou who hatest insolence; thou who dost abound in mercy; thou who art the protector of all things; appear quickly to those of the race of Israel, who are insulted by abhorred, lawless Gentiles.
4 Maccabees 5:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It seems senseless not to enjoy what is pleasant, yet not disgraceful; and from notions of sinfulness, to reject the boons of nature.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou lovest all the things that are, And abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: For never wouldest thou have made anything, if thou hadst hated it.
Wisdom of Sirach 11:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Commend not a man for his beauty; Neither abhor a man for his outward appearance.
Wisdom of Sirach 16:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither spared he the place where Lot sojourned, But abhorred them for their pride.
Wisdom of Sirach 20:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that useth many words shall be abhorred; And he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G948, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G948 FAQ

What does bdelysso (βδελύσσω) mean?

Bdelysso (Strong's G948) is a Greek word most simply glossed "abhor". bdelusso (bdel-oos'-so) v. 1. to be disgusted 2. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry)

How many times is bdelysso (βδελύσσω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 46 linked usages for Strong's G948 across 21 books.

Where can I study bdelysso (βδελύσσω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G948 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate bdelysso (βδελύσσω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as abominable. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G948 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 33 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G948, with linked reader references where each row is available.