To loathe
קוּץStrong’s H6973quts
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Quts is the Hebrew word usually translated “loathe”, “people felt dread” and “loathed”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?”
Meaning
- To be grieved, loathe, abhor, feel a loathing or abhorrence or sickening dread(Qal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- i loathe 1
- and people felt dread 1
- and i loathed 1
- it loathes 1
- and it felt dread 1
- and he loathed 1
- you loath 1
- and let us demolish it 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- Isaiah 2
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
- 1 Kings 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 20:23And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Numbers 21:5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
- Numbers 22:3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
- 1 Kings 11:25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
- Proverbs 3:11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Hebrew dictionary
קוּץ quts · to loathe
1) to be grieved, loathe, abhor, feel a loathing or abhorrence or sickening dread 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to feel a loathing at, abhor 1a2) to feel a sickening dread 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause sickening dread 1b2) to cause loathing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “loath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOATH, LOATHE, LOATHER, noun
One that lothes.
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.