King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G655
Transliteration: apostygeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-toog-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to abhor
Meaning: to abhor
ἀποστυγέω, ἀποστύγω; to dislike, abhor, have a horror of: Romans 12:9; (Herodotus 2, 47; 6, 129; Sophocles, Euripides, others.). The word is fully discussed by Fritzsche at the passage (who takes the απο( as expressive of separation (cf. Latinreformidare), others regard it as intensive; (see ἀπό, V.)).
Word Summary
apostygeō: to abhor
Original Word: ἀποστυγέωTransliteration: apostygeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-toog-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to abhor
Meaning: to abhor
Strong's Concordance
abhor. From apo and the base of stugnetos; to detest utterly -- abhor.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK stugnetos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 655: ἀποστυγέωἀποστυγέω, ἀποστύγω; to dislike, abhor, have a horror of: Romans 12:9; (Herodotus 2, 47; 6, 129; Sophocles, Euripides, others.). The word is fully discussed by Fritzsche at the passage (who takes the απο( as expressive of separation (cf. Latinreformidare), others regard it as intensive; (see ἀπό, V.)).