Word Study- Abomination
Old Testament:
45% of the time Abomination is used it is to reference idolatry and unfaithfulness to God
22% of the time it is used to reference mistreating others and being violent against others
15% of the time it is just a reference to abominations, not a description
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New Testament
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Thoughts
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Breakdown of Verses
Toebah
Bdelugma/bdelussomai
Examples of Mistreating Others
Money was their stumbling block and the root of their iniquities- Ezekiel 7:19
Idolatry- worshipping idols- Ezekiel 7:20
Pride- Ezekiel 7:24
Full of bloody crimes and full of violence- Ezekiel 7:23
The people of the land are paralyzed by terror- Ezekiel 7:27
Guilt of Sodom: pride, excess of food, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty- Ezekiel 16:49
Sheds blood, commits adultery, sleeps with neighbor's wife, oppresses the poor and needy, commits robery, worships idols, lends at interest and takes profit, does not restore the pledge, commits abomination- Ezekiel 18:10-13
Slander to shed blood- Ezekiel 22:9
father and mother are treated with contempt- Ezekiel 22:7
fatherless and widows are wronged in you- Ezekiel 22:8
profaned Sabbath- Ezekiel 22:8
Commit lewdness- Ezekiel 22:9 (Lev. 19:16, 1 Sam 22:9-19)
Defile daughter-in-law, violate women, violate sister-
take bribes to shed blood- Ezekiel 22:12
Extort others- Ezekiel 22:12
the prophets conspiracy together- they devour human lives- Ezekiel 22:25
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