What does ἀποστυγέω (apostygéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποστυγέω (apostygéō): Intense hatred with aversion; moral disgust that turns away from something abhorrent.
Greek · G655
ἀποστυγέω
To detest utterly
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ἀποστυγέω G655
Pronunciation apostygéō
What does ἀποστυγέω (apostygéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποστυγέω (apostygéō): Intense hatred with aversion; moral disgust that turns away from something abhorrent.
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How does the BSB render G655?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include Detest (1).
Where does ἀποστυγέω (apostygéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 12:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Detest 1× Romans 12:9
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First aligned row Romans 12:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Romans 1
Source forms
ἀποστυγοῦντες 1x apostygountes Romans 12:9
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 12:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Intense hatred with aversion; moral disgust that turns away from something abhorrent.
Strong's G655
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 12:9-21 Source Gloss
to detest utterly
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Intense hatred with aversion; moral disgust that turns away from something abhorrent.
(στυγέω, to hate), to abhor: Rom.12:9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 12:9 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀποστυγοῦντες apostugountev
I detest, abhor
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Present Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Active Rom 12:9 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
participle 1
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Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
moral imperative to utterly detest evil in Christian conduct
Word Origins
ἀποστυγέω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain