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# abomination

noun

«abomination» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It is a strong word for acts or things that God forbids, such as idol worship, forbidden relations and cheating with weights. The Hebrew word is to'evah.

**Interpretation.** Rabbis taught that to'evah marks the most serious wrongs, and they often saw in it a warning about how Israel should live apart from the ways of Canaan.

### Meaning

Something that is hated, disgusting or deeply wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/#m1)

### Examples

- Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination. (Torah LEV.18.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/#x1)
- They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him. (Torah DEU.32.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/#x2)
- For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. (Torah DEU.25.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/#x3)
- 'Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, (Prophets EZK.16.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/#x4)
- Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. (Prophets EZK.16.58, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/#x5)
- For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. (Writings PRO.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/#x6)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abomination» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abomination/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abomination» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/abomination.html) on Mova free.