Lexical Summary apostygeō: to abhor Original Word: ἀποστυγέωTransliteration: apostygeō Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-toog-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to abhor Meaning: to abhor Strong's Concordance abhor. From apo and the base of stugnetos; to detest utterly -- abhor. see GREEK apo see GREEK stugnetos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 655: ἀποστυγέωἀποστυγέω, ἀποστύγω; to dislike, abhor, have a horror of: Romans 12:9; (Herodotus 2, 47; 6, 129; Sophocles, Euripides, others.). The word is fully discussed by Fritzsche at the passage (who takes the απο( as expressive of separation (cf. Latinreformidare), others regard it as intensive; (see ἀπό, V.)). |
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