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detestable

Meaning of “detestable”

Extremely hateful; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Jeremiah 16:18

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “detestable”

KJV PCE
Jeremiah 16:18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:18 · retained source text

And first I will recompense their iniquitie, and their sinne double, because they haue defiled my land, they haue filled mine inheritance with the carkeises of their detestable and abominable things.

Ezekiel 5:11
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:11 · retained source text

Wherefore, as I liue, saith the LORD God, Surely because thou hast defiled my Sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee, neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I haue any pitie.

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.4, 14.

Ezekiel 7:20
¶ As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:20 · retained source text

¶ As for the beautie of his ornament, he set it in maiestie: but they made the images of their abominations, and of their detestable things therein: therefore haue I set it farre from them.

1611 marginal noteOr, made it vnto them an vncleane thing.

Ezekiel 11:18
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 11:18 · retained source text

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof, and all the abominations thereof from thence.

Ezekiel 11:21
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 11:21 · retained source text

But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things, and their abominations, I wil recompense their way vpon their owne heads, saith the LORD God.

Ezekiel 37:23
Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 37:23 · retained source text

Neither shall they defile themselues any more with their idoles, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will saue them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they haue sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Extremely hateful; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 575