bdelygma · abomination

What it means

bdelygma (βδέλυγμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “abomination”.

Something detestable in God's eyes.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What God loathes and rejects.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• abomination ×4
• abominations ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 24:15

  So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in a holy place (let the reader understand),

• Mark 13:14

  But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

• Luke 16:15

  And he said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves righteous before people, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among people is an abomination before God.

• Revelation 17:4

  And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality,

• Revelation 17:5

  and on her forehead a name written, a mystery: “Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.”

• Revelation 21:27

  And nothing unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination and falsehood, but only those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.