To loathe
תָּאַבStrong’s H8374taav (ta-av)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Taav is the Hebrew word usually translated “loathing”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.”
Meaning
- (Piel) to loathe, abhor
How it's translated
- loathing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Amos 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
תָּאַב taav · to loathe
(Piel) to loathe, abhor Another spelling of ta.av (תַּעָב "to abhor" H8581)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “loathing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOATHING, participle present
tense Hating from disgust; abhorring.
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.