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ab-hor´: “To cast away,†“reject,†“despise,†“defy,†“contemn,†“loathe,†etc. (1) Translated in the Old Testament from the following Hebrew words amongst others: בּ××©× (baÌ„'ash), “to be or to become stinking†(; ); גּעל (gā‛al), “to cast away as unclean,†“to loatheâ€; compare the King James Version; קוּץ (quÌ„ts), “to loathe,†“to fear†( m; ; ); ש×קץ (shaÌ„qats), “to detest†(); תּ×ב (taÌ„'abh), תּעב (ta‛abh), “to contemn†(); דּר×ון (deÌ„raÌ„'oÌ„n), “an object of contempt,†“an abhorring†(; margin). (2) Translated in the New Testament from the following Greek words: bdeluÌssomai, which is derived from bdeÌoÌ„, “to stink†(); apostugeÌoÌ„, derived from stugeÌoÌ„, “to hate,†“to shrink from†().