Definition

detestable, i.e. (specially) idolatrous

Etymology

from G948 (βδελύσσω);

Word family

• βδελύσσω bdelýssō

How the KJV renders it

• abominable

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.