abomination

n.

1. Abhorrence; disgust.
2. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.

noun

1. Extreme hostility and dislike: abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, detestation, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repugnancy, repulsion, revulsion. See love/hatred.
2. An object of extreme dislike: abhorrence, anathema, aversion, bête noire, bugbear, detestation, execration, hate. Informal horror. See love/hatred.

n

Definition: hate, object of extreme dislike
Antonyms: beauty, blessing, delight, enjoyment, esteem, joy, love, treat

n

Definition: wrongdoing
Antonyms: benefit, right

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The term "abomination" commonly using in biblical translations generally represents three distinct biblical words: to'evah, shekets, and piggul.

To'evah is the highest degree of abomination, and was originally used to indicate an action which offends the religious sensibilities of a people. Thus, when Joseph was in Egypt and his brothers came down to buy wheat, the brothers were forced to eat apart from the Egyptians, "as it was a to'evah for Egypt" to eat together with them (Gen. 43:32). To the Egyptians, the Hebrews were an inferior race. Furthermore (Gen. 46:34), the Egyptians considered cattle-raising to be a to'evah, and that was the occupation of the Hebrews at that time.

The same word is used in the Bible (Deut. 14:3) in regard to animals which are forbidden to be eaten: "You shall not eat any to'evah," for such animals are considered to be abominations. A even greater abomination is the practice of Idolatry, with the idols themselves being referred to as to'evah: "You shall not bring a to'evah into your home" (Deut. 7:26).

Sexual offenses, in particular, are denounced as to'evah. This includes transvestism (Deut. 22:5) and male homosexual acts (Lev. 18:22; 20:13). Indeed, in summation of the different sexual offenses enumerated in Leviticus 18, it is stated (v. 26, 28), "... You shall not do any of these abominations ... lest the land vomit you out when you defile it ..."

Shekets is a lesser degree of abomination and refers to unclean species of fish, seafood, birds, etc. (Lev. 11:10-13), but is also sometimes used, especially among the Prophets, in regard to idolatry. Thus it is written (Jer. 4:1), "... if you remove your abominations---shikutseha---from My presence ..."

Piggul is a term used specifically for sacrifices brought to the Temple, and denotes the flesh of a sacrifice which was not consumed within the specified biblical time frame and can therefore no longer be eaten, or even the flesh of a sacrifice which had been brought with the intention of eating it after the specified time. An improper intention renders the meat of the sacrifice piggul.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afsky, væmmelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwerpelijk iets, walging

Français (French)
n. - abomination, horreur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abscheu, Gemeinheit, Greuel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απέχθεια, αποστροφή, σίχαμα, έκτρωμα

Italiano (Italian)
abominio, ribrezzo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - abominação (f)

Русский (Russian)
отвращение, омерзение

Español (Spanish)
n. - abominación, aborrecimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avsky

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
厌恶, 憎恨, 令人厌恶的事情

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 厭惡, 憎恨, 令人厭惡的事情

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 증오, 매우 싫어하는 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 嫌悪, 憎悪, 大嫌いなもの, 忌まわしいこと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مقت, بغض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תיעוב, תועבה‬

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