bdeluktos describes people whose deeds deny God and mark them as unacceptable for good work.

The attested use describes people whose professed knowledge of God is contradicted by their deeds, placing them among those portrayed as disobedient and unfit for good work.

1. Condemned conduct opposed to good work · dominant

   In Titus 1:16, βδελυκτοὶ is a nominative plural masculine adjective describing those who profess to know God but deny him by their deeds; the APB renders the clause with “they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.”

   Titus 1:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Titus 1:16, the APB presents the adjective within a three-part description: “detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.” Its precise English correspondence cannot be isolated with certainty.