βδελύσσομαι

βδελύσσω — bdelýssō

βδελύσσω: (βδέω quietly to break wind, to stink);

1. to render foul, to cause to be abhorred: τήν ὀσμήν, Exo 5:21; to defile, pollute: τάς ψυχάς, τήν ψυχήν, Lev 11:43; Lev 20:25; 1Ma 1:48; perfect passive participle ἐβδελυγμένος abominable, Rev 21:8 (Lev 18:30; Pro 8:7; Job 15:16; 3Ma 6:9; βδελυσσόμενος, 2Ma 5:8). In native Greek writings neither the active nor the passive is found.

2. βδελύσσομαι; deponent middle (1 aorist ἐβδελυξάμην often in the Sept. (Josephus, b. j 6, 2, 10); in Greek writings deponent passive, and from Aristophanes down); properly, to turn oneself away from on account of the stench; metaphorically, to abhor, detest: τί, Rom 2:22.