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<p> <strong> ABOMINATION </strong> . Four [[Hebrew]] words from three different roots are rendered in EV [Note: English Version.] by ‘abomination’ and, occasionally, ‘abominable thing.’ In almost all cases (for exceptions see &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 43:32; &nbsp; Genesis 46:34 ) the reference is to objects and practices abhorrent to J″ [Note: Jahweh.] , and opposed to the moral requirements and ritual of His religion. Among the objects so described are heathen deities such as [[Ashtoreth]] (Astarte), Chemosh, Milcom, the ‘abominations’ of the Zidonians (PhÅ“nicians), Moabites, and [[Ammonites]] respectively (&nbsp; 2 Kings 23:13 ); images and other paraphernalia of the forbidden cults (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 7:25; &nbsp; Deuteronomy 27:15 , and often in Ezk.); and the flesh of animals ritually taboo (see esp. &nbsp; Leviticus 11:10 ff. and art. Clean and Unclean). Some of the practices that are an ‘abomination unto J″ [Note: Jahweh.] ,’ are the worship of heathen deities and of the heavenly bodies (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 13:14; &nbsp; Deuteronomy 17:4 and often), the practice of witchcraft and kindred arts (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 18:12 ), gross acts of immorality (&nbsp; Leviticus 18:22 ff.), falsification of weights and measures (&nbsp; Proverbs 11:1 ), and ‘evil devices’ generally (&nbsp; Proverbs 15:26 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). </p> <p> One of the four words above referred to ( <em> piggûl </em> ) occurs only as a ‘technical term for stale sacrificial flesh, which has not been eaten within the prescribed time’ (Driver, who would render ‘refuse meat’ in &nbsp; Leviticus 7:18; &nbsp; Leviticus 19:7 , &nbsp; Ezekiel 4:14 , &nbsp; Isaiah 65:4 ). </p> <p> [[A. R. S]]  Kennedy. </p>