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Abomination (from Latin abominare 'to deprecate as an ill omen') is an English term used to translate the Biblical Hebrew terms shiqquts שיקוץ and sheqets שקץ , [1] which are derived from shâqats, or the terms תֹּועֵבָה , tōʻēḇā or to'e'va (noun) or 'ta'ev (verb).
According to the Septuagint version of the same passages, pharmakeia [10] – poisoners; drug users for the purposes of hallucinogenic experiences. [ citation needed ] Historically this passage has been translated into English using vague terminology, condemning witchcraft (or sorcery) in general.
Toebah or to'eva (abominable or taboo) is the highest level or worst kind of abomination. [1] It includes the sins of idolatry, placing or worshiping false gods in the temple, eating unclean animals, magic, divination, perversion (incest, pederasty, homosexuality [3] and bestiality), [4] cheating, lying, killing the innocent, false witness, illegal offerings (imperfect animals, etc ...
Jesus references the abomination from Daniel 9:27, 11:31, [18] and 12:11 [19] in Matthew 24:15 [20] and Mark 13:14 [21] when he warns about the destruction of Jerusalem. Daniel 11:36-37 [ 22 ] speaks of a self exalting king, considered by some to be the Antichrist.
Enthroned Zeus (Greek, c. 100 BCE) "Abomination of desolation" [a] is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made.
Facundus Beatus, f. 224 (detail): "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication, and upon her forehead a name written: «Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the ...
The Bible lists several types of relationship which it regards as incestuous unions; one list appears in the Deuteronomic Code, and two lists occur in the Holiness Code of Leviticus. These lists only mention relationships with female relatives; excluding lesbianism , which implies that the list is addressed to men.
Abomination , from Frank Herbert's Dune series, a fetus who has become conscious before birth; Abomination: The Nemesis Project, a 1999 real time strategy computer game; Abomination, a 1998 novel by Robert Swindells; Abomination, a vampire/werewolf hybrid from the game Werewolf: The Apocalypse; The Abomination , a Dalek species in the Doctor ...