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abominations

Meaning of “abominations”

Objects that excite loathing; especially idols or detestable practices.

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76 occurrences74 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 18:26

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Ezra 9:14
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 9:14 · retained source text

Should wee againe breake thy commandements, and ioyne in affinitie with the people of these abominations? wouldest thou not be angry with vs, til thou haddest consumed vs, so that there should be no remnant, nor escaping?

Proverbs 26:25
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 26:25 · retained source text

When he speaketh faire, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.

1611 marginal noteHeb. maketh his voice gracious.

Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 66:3 · retained source text

He that killeth an oxe is as if he slue a man: he that sacrificeth a lambe, as if he cut off a dogs necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood: he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue chosen their owne wayes, and their soule delighteth in their abominations.

1611 marginal noteOr, kidde.

1611 marginal noteHeb. maketh a memoriall of.

Jeremiah 4:1
IF thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:1 · retained source text

¶ If thou wilt returne, O Israel, saith the LORD, returne vnto mee: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remoue.

1611 marginal noteIoel 2.12.

Jeremiah 7:10
And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:10 · retained source text

And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my Name, and say, We are deliuered, to do all these abominations?

1611 marginal noteHebr. whereupon my Name is called.

Jeremiah 7:30
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:30 · retained source text

For the children of Iudah haue done euill in my sight, saith the LORD: they haue set their abominations in the house which is called by my Name, to pollute it.

Jeremiah 13:27
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:27 · retained source text

I haue seene thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdnesse of thy whordome, and thine abominations on the hils in the fields: woe vnto thee, O Ierusalem, wilt thou not bee made cleane? when shall it once be?

1611 marginal noteHeb. after when yet?

Jeremiah 32:34
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:34 · retained source text

But they set their abominations in the house (which is called by my Name) to defile it.

1611 marginal noteChap.23.11.

Jeremiah 44:22
So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 44:22 · retained source text

So that the LORD could no longer beare, because of the euill of your doings, and because of the abominations, which yee haue committed: therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse without an inhabitant, as at this day.

Ezekiel 5:9
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:9 · retained source text

And I will doe in thee that which I haue not done, and whereunto I will not doe any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

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