Strong G655ἀποστυγέω

to abhor

Transliteration
apostugeō
Pronunciation
ap-os-toog-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G575 and the base of G4767; to detest utterly: - abhor.

Detailed definition

ἀπο-στυγέω, -ῶ
(στυγέω, to hate),
to abhor: Rom.12:9.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G655 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • abhor1

First verses

  1. Romans 12:9
    Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποστῠγ-έω,
aorist 1 -εστύγησα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 692)](Lyric poetry), -έστυξα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 4.370)]: aorist 2 ἀπέστῠγον[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 1.1.11, “Del.” 223, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 406, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 36.2)]: perfect with present sense, -εστύγηκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.47)]:—hate violently, abhor, Hdt.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 186, 692, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 488 (Lyric poetry in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus and 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus))]; ἀ. ὕδωρ (in comparison with wine) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Melanippides Lyricus 4; ἄμυστιν Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.”)][same place]: with infinitive, ἀ. γαμβρὸν ἄν οἱ γενέσθαι Ἱπποκλείδεα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.129.)]