18 occurrences in 12 translations

'Detestable' in the Bible

If someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable creature, and eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice, that person must be cut off from his people.”

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Ceremonial MattersPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsPeople Being PollutedThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

But these are to be detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales among all the swarming things and other living creatures in the water.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsSea DwellersUnclean SpiritsGod Hating ThingsUnclean Animals

They are to remain detestable to you; you must not eat any of their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCorpses Of AnimalsForbidden FoodGod Hating Things

Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales will be detestable to you.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsUnclean SpiritsGod Hating ThingsUnclean Animalspork

“You are to detest these birds. They must not be eaten because they are detestable:the eagle, the bearded vulture,the black vulture,

Verse ConceptsAbominationsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesForbidden FoodHating UncleannessBirdsfitness

“All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsClean And UncleanGod Hating Thingsbugs

All other winged insects that have four feet are to be detestable to you.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsGod Hating Things

“All the creatures that swarm on the earth are detestable; they must not be eaten.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsMany CreaturesForbidden FoodGod Hating Things

Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet, for they are detestable.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCrawlingUnclean SpiritsFeet Of CreaturesClean And UncleanClean AnimalsForbidden FoodUnclean AnimalsEating Meatbugsworms

You are not to make yourselves detestable on account of any swarming creature that swarms the land, and you are not to defile yourselves and become unclean due to them,

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesHating UncleannessThe Environment

"You are not to present yourself to an animal in order to have sexual relations with it and by doing so to defile yourself. A woman is not to present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it. It's detestable.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfBestialityLaws Of Sexual UnionRelation Of Animals To ManInterracial Marriagesex

"Therefore, keep my statutes and ordinances. You are not to do any of these detestable things this applies to the native born and the resident alien who lives among you

Verse ConceptsForeignersAliens, Believers DutyStrangersForeigners Included In The LawKeep The Commandments!Aliensextraterrestrials

because the inhabitants of the land did all of these detestable things and by doing so defiled the land before you.

Verse ConceptsPolluting The Land

Anyone who does any of these detestable things whoever the person may be is to be eliminated from contact with his people.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsExcommunicationDeath Penalty For Sexual SinThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

You must keep My instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am Yahweh your God.”

Verse ConceptsCustomPurity, Moral And SpiritualThe Lord Is GodHating Uncleanness

Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanAnimals Having A Soul

Bible Theasaurus

Abhorrent (32 instances)
Abominable (80 instances)
Detestable (167 instances)
Hateful (20 instances)
Obscene (16 instances)
Odious (11 instances)
Repugnant (10 instances)
Repulsive (18 instances)

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שׁקּץ שׁקּוּץ 
Shiqquwts 
Usage: 28

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