KJV Dictionary Definition: abhor

abhor

ABHOR', v.t. L abhorreo, of ab and horreo, to set up bristles, shiver or shake; to look terrible.

1. To hate extremely, or with contempt; to lothe, detest or abominate.

2. To despise or neglect. Ps. xxii. 24. Amos vi. 8.

3. To cast off or reject. Ps. lxxix. 38.

abhorred

ABHOR'RED, pp. Hated extremely, detested.

abhorring

ABHOR'RING, ppr. Having great aversion, detesting. As a noun, it is used in Isaiah lxvi, for the object of hatred - "An abhorring to all flesh."

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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