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Abhorrence

דֵּרָאוֹןStrong’s H1860

deraon (de-ra-on)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Deraon is the Hebrew word usually translated “abhorrence” and “abhorrence of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”
Daniel 12:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Aversion, abhorrence
How it's translated
  • an abhorrence 1
  • to abhorrence of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1
  • Daniel 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

דֵּרָאוֹן deraon · abhorrence

aversion, abhorrence

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “abhorrence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ABHOR'RENCE, noun

Extreme hatred, detestation, great aversion.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.