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Abomination is an English term used to translate the Biblical term '''tōʻēḇā''' or '''to'ba''' (noun) or '''ta'ab''' (verb). The term in English signifies that which is exceptionally loathsome, Hate ful, Wicked , or vile. In Biblical terms ''to'ba'' does not carry the same sense of exceptionalism as the English term. It simply signifies that which is forbidden or unclean according to the religion. Linguistically it is therefore close in meaning to the Polynesia n term Taboo or Tapu , signifying that which is forbidden, should be left alone and not touched, or (for some items) brings death by the act of touching. This article examines the term as it is used in English translations of the Bible, and also the actual senses of the words which are being translated into this term in English. __TOC__ ANALYSIS OF THE TERM Abomination in the Biblical sense of the word refers to: # Every , arose probably from the fact that Upper And Lower Egypt had formerly been held in oppressive subjection by the Hyksos (a tribe of nomad shepherds), who had only recently been expelled, and partly also perhaps from this other fact that the people of Egypt detested the nomadic habits of these wandering shepherds. # held as sacred and so regarded as Sacrilegious to kill. # In Daniel's prophecies in Daniel 11:31 , it is generally interpreted as referring to the fearful calamities that were to fall on the Jew s in the time of Antiochus IV Epiphanes , saying "And they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." # In his campaign of ), and to which they paid idolatrous homage. "Almost the entire religion of the Roman camp consisted in worshipping the ensign, swearing by the ensign, and in preferring the ensign before all other gods." These ensigns were an "abomination" to the Jews, the "abomination of desolation." # Abomination is also used for Sin in general ( Isaiah 66:3 ); or an idol ( Isaiah 44:19 ); or adultery ( Ezekiel 22:11 ). #Proverbs 6:16 - 18 lists six things which are also abominations: "haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief." # The word "abomination" is also used in Jewish (and Christian Old Testament) scriptures to refer to ( Deuteronomy 22:5 ), cheating in the market by using rigged weights ( Deuteronomy 25:13-19 , Proverbs 11:1 ), and dishonesty ( Proverbs 12:22 ). #It is also used for eating seafood that lacks fins and scales (Levitius 11:11), eating certain birds of prey, including bats (Leviticus 11:12) and all insects (Leviticus 11:23 and 11:41) and other biblically unclean animals (Leviticus 20:25); remarrying the person one previously divorced (Deutoronomy 24:4); telling lies (Proverbs 12:22); being proud in heart (Proverbs 16:5); justifying the wicked (Proverbs 17:15); and cheating in business (Proverbs 20:10 and Proverbs 20:23). SEE ALSO
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