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G946 βδέλυγμα (bdélygma)
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Quick Definition

βδέλυγμα, ατος, τό n.n. an abominable thing, an accursed thing

Strong's Definition

from 948; a detestation, i.e. (specially) idolatry

KJV Usage: abomination

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -τος | βδελύσσομαι

25.187 · Attitudes and Emotions · Abhor

what is detestable, what is abhorrent (derivative of βδελύσσομαι ‘to abhor,’ 25.186) that which is utterly detestable and abhorrent

LUK 16:15 · REV 17:4 · REV 17:5 · REV 21:27

53.38 · Religious Activities · Defile, Unclean, Common

Collocation: τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως

an abomination which desolates, a horrible thing which defiles (a fixed phrase derived from Hebrew, literally: the detestable thing of desolation) an abomination (either an object or an event) which defiles a holy place and thus causes it to be abandoned and left desolate In translating βδέλυγμα, it may be necessary in some languages to use a phrase such as ‘that which God detests’ or ‘that which God hates’ or even ‘that which causes God’s anger.’ The term ἐρημώσεως may then be translated as ‘that which causes people to abandon’ or ‘that which causes something to be deserted.’ The entire phrase may then be translated in some languages as ‘that which God detests and which causes something to be abandoned’ or ‘... left desolate.’

MAT 24:15 · MRK 13:14

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

βδέλυγμα, -τος, τό, (βδελύσσομαι). a bibl. and eccl. word; in Sept. mostly for 731A, also for γ᾽ spy and γγ), α foul BeBatow thing (loathsome on acct. of its stench), a detestable thing; (Tertull. abominamentum) ; Luth. Greuel; ΓΑ. V. abomination]; a. univ.: Lk. xvi. 15. b. in the O. T. often used of idols and things pertaining to idolatry, to be held in abomination by the Israelites; as 1 K. xi. 6 (5); xx. (xxi.) 26; 2 K. xvi. 3; xxi. 2; 1 Esdr. vii. 13; Sap. xii. 23; xiv. 11; hence in the N. T. in Rev. xvii. 4 sq. of idol-worship and its impurities; ποιεῖν βδέλυγμα «x. ψεῦδος, Rev. xxi. 27. c. the expression τὸ 86. τῆς ἐρημώσεως the desolating abomination [4]. take the gen. al. ; g. Mey. as gen. epex.] in Mt. xxiv. 15; Mk. xiii. 14, (1 Mace. i. 54), seems to designate some terrible event in the Jewish war by which the temple was desecrated, perh. that related by Joseph. b. 1. 4, 9, 11 sqq. (Sept. Dan. xi. 31; xii. 11, βδ. (τῆς) ἐ ἐρημώσεως for Ὁ Ὁ Y3pv and onw “wv, Dan. ix. 27 88. τῶν ἐρημώσεων for Ὁ" spe Dw the abomination (or abominations) wrought by the desolator, i. 6. not the statue of Jupiter Olympius, but a little idol-altar placed upon the altar of whole burntofferings; cf. Grimm on 1 Mace. p. 31; Hengstenberg, Authentie des Daniel, p. 85 sq.; [the principal explanations of the N. T. phrase are noticed in Dr. Jas. Morison’s Com. on Mt. 1. e.].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

βδέλυγμα bdelygma 6x

an abomination, an abominable thing, Mt. 24:15; Mk. 13:14; idolatry with all its pollution, Lk. 16:15; Rev. 17:4, 5; 21:27*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† βδέλυγμα, -τος, τό

(< βδελύσσω), [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶץ ,תּוֹעֵבָה;]

an abomination, a detestable thing: Lk 16:15, Re 17:4, 5 21:27; τὸ β. τ. ἐρημώσεως (Da LXX 12:11, cf . I Mac 1:54; DB, i, 12 f.; DCG, i, 6 f.), Mk 13:14, Mt 24:15 (Cremer, 138).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

βδέλυγμα is “ἃ bibl. and eccl. word” in Grimm, and we are not able to challenge its right to a place in this greatly reduced But it is almost as much a part of the verb as βδελυκτός, which likewise independent status on Grimm’s page. The verb having appealed to the LXX translators as an excellent rendering of JYM and other Hebrew verbs, it was inevitable that when a derived noun category. has was wanted the regular formation should have been adopted or coined. Probably any Greek writer who wanted to express the idea of τὸ ἐβδελυγμένον would have done the same without hesitation.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

βδέλυγμα (bdelugma) — abomination. βδέλυγ-μα, ατος, τό, abomination, τοῖς Αἰγ. πᾶς ποιμήν β. [LXX]; β. τῶν ἐρημώσεων, ἐρημώσεως, of an idol,[LXX+NT]

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