Detest
Bible Usage:
- detest used once.
- detestable used 6 times.
- Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 7:26
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:
- H8262 Used 1 time
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.