βδέλυγμα,
-τος,
τό, (
βδελύσσομαι), a biblical and ecclesiastical word; in the
Sept. mostly for
תּועֵבָה, also for
שִׁקוּץ and
שֶׁקֶץ,
a foul thing (loathsome on account of its stench),
a detestable thing; (Tertullian
abominamentum); Luth.
Greuel;
[A. V. abomination];
a. universally:
Luke 16:15.
b. in the O. T. often used of idols and things pertaining to idolatry, to be held in abomination by the Israelites; as 1 Kings 11:6 (1 Kings 11:5); 1 Kings 20:26 (1 Kings 21:26); 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:2; 1 Esdr. 7:13; Wis. 12:23; Wis. 14:11; hence in the N. T. in Revelation 17:4f of idol-worship and its impurities; ποιεῖν βδέλυγμα κ. ψεῦδος, Revelation 21:27.
c. the expression τὸ βδ. τῆς ἐρημώσεως the desolating abomination [others take the genitive, others; e. g. Meyer as a genitive epexegetical] in Matthew 24:15; Mark 13:14 (1 Macc. 1:54), seems to designate some terrible event in the Jewish war by which the temple was desecrated, perhaps that related by Josephus, b. j. 4, 9, 11ff (Sept. Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11, βδ. (τῆς) ἐρημώσεως for מְשֹׁמֵם שִׁקּוּץ and שֹׁמֵם שִ״, Daniel 9:27 βδ. τῶν ἐρημώσεων for שִׁקוּצִים מְשֹׁמֵם the abomination (or abominations) wrought by the desolator, i. e. not the statue of Jupiter Olympius, but a little idol-altar placed upon the altar of whole burnt offerings; cf. Grimm on 1 Macc., p. 31; Hengstenberg, Authentie des Daniel, p. 85f; [the principal explanations of the N. T. phrase are noticed in Dr. James Morison's Commentary on Matthew, the passage cited].)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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1 Kings
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11:5; 11:6; 20:26; 21:26
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2 Kings
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1; 16:3; 21:2
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Daniel
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9:27; 11:31; 12:11
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Matthew
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24:15
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Mark
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13:14
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Luke
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16:15
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Revelation
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17:4; 21:27
