to abhor
ta.av expresses strong rejection or loathing, and can describe someone or something as abhorrent.
The attested uses most often express directed and forceful rejection of a person, practice, object, or food. They also describe persons or things as abhorrent, and one clause presents a king as making himself very abominable through his conduct.
Senses in use
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Strong rejection or loathing · dominant
Piel forms express aversion directed toward an identified object: in Amos 5:10 the APB renders opposition to the person who speaks with integrity, while in Job 19:19 and Job 30:10 the speakers are the objects of others' rejection. The same force appears where justice is rejected in Micah 3:9, where the LORD rejects his inheritance in Psalm 106:40, and where the speaker rejects deception in Psalm 119:163.
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Regarded as abhorrent · common
Niphal forms describe a condition of being abhorrent: in 1 Chronicles 21:6 the APB renders the king's word as having become abhorrent with Joab, and Isaiah 14:19 compares the rejected figure to an abhorred branch. Job 15:16 similarly describes a corrupt man as abhorred.
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Making oneself abominable · rare
In 1 Kings 21:26, the Hiphil sequential imperfect occurs in the statement that the king made himself very abominable by walking after idols. The clause presents abhorrent conduct as the result attributed to his action.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited clauses, the APB uses wording such as “abhor,” “detest,” “loathed,” “abhorrent,” and “abominable.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses' overall portrayal of rejection without fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.