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The Ultimate A-to-Z Resource to Common Expressions and Curious Words from the Bible Martin Manser is a professional reference-book editor and Bible scholar who has compiled and edited more than 70 titles, including dictionaries and biblical reference works. He holds the BA Honours degree in linguistics and an M Phil degree, and he resides with his wife and children in England. • Shows how...

ABHOR “Abhor” now means “to hate vehemently,” “to abominate,” “to regard with loathing or disgust.” Once it had the meanings derived from the Latin abhorreo, “to shrink from,” “to be averse to,” “to differ from,” “to be inconsistent with.” We should understand in this way the dictum of Spinoza or Samuel Johnson that “nature abhors a vacuum,” or the line in the Te Deum, “Thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb.” But these meanings are now obsolete. The KJV uses “abhor” forty-three times, to represent
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