Proverbs 21:27
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
תּוֹעֵבַה
tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Study H8441 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →Cross References
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he...
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
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