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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: בּאשׁ (bā'ash), “to be or to become stinking” (; ); גּעל (gā‛al), “to cast away as unclean,” “to loathe”; compare the King James Version; קוּץ (qūts), “to loathe,” “to fear” ( m; ; ); שׁקץ (shāqats), “to detest” (); תּאב (tā'abh), תּעב (ta‛abh), “to contemn” (); דּראון (dērā'ōn), “an object of contempt,” “an abhorring” (; margin). (2) Translated in the New Testament from the following Greek words: bdelússomai, which is derived from bdéō, “to stink” (); apostugéō, derived from stugéō, “to hate,” “to shrink from” ().