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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Detest

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Detest

DETEST, verb transitive [Latin , to affirm or bear witness. The primary sense of testor is to set, throw or thrust. To detest is to thrust away.] To abhor; to abominate; to hate extremely; as, to detest crimes or meanness.


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Detestable

DETESTABLE, adjective Extremely hateful; abominable; very odious; deserving abhorrence.

Thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things. Ezekiel 5:11.


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Detestableness

DETESTABLENESS, noun Extreme hatefulness.


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Detestably

DETESTABLY, adverb Very hatefully; abominably.


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Detestation

DETESTATION, noun Extreme hatred; abhorrence; with of. The good man entertains uniformly a detestation of sin.


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Detested

DETESTED, participle passive Hated extremely; abhorred.


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Detester

DETESTER, noun One who abhors.


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Detesting

DETESTING, participle present tense Hating extremely; abhorring; abominating.