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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H887 - Loathsome

Strong's No.:H887

Hebrew:בָּאַשׁ

Transliteration:bâʼash

Phonetic:baw-ash'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:(make to) be abhorred (had in {abomination} {loathsome} {odious}) (cause {a} make to) stink (-ing {savour}) X-(idiom) utterly.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to smell bad; figuratively to be offensive morally


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to have a bad smell, stink, smell bad

a. (Qal) to stink, smell bad

b. (Niphal)

1. to become odious

2. to make oneself odious

c. (Hiphil)

1. to stink, emit a stinking odour

2. to cause to stink

3. of wickedness (fig.)

d. (Hithpael) to make oneself odious

2. to abhor


Bible References:
Loathsome

Translation
Occurrences:
abhor ( 1 )
abhorred ( 2 )
abomination ( 1 )
loathsome ( 1 )
odious ( 1 )
savour ( 1 )
stank ( 4 )
stink ( 4 )
stinketh ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.