Bible Encyclopedia: Repulsive

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Greek

4767. stugetos -- hateful
... [4767() describes what is odious (repulsive, disgusting) -- as when "self-revealed
failure" is apparent even to the perpetrator of a crime (see White, EGT, 4 ...
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Library

Enmity Between Man and Satan
... Whoever sees the repulsive character of sin, and in strength from above resists
temptation, will assuredly arouse the wrath of Satan and his subjects. ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 30 enmity between man.htm

Enmity Between Man and Satan.
... Whoever sees the repulsive character of sin, and in strength from above resists
temptation, will assuredly arouse the wrath of Satan and his subjects. ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /30 enmity between man and.htm

Seventh Day. Unselfishness.
... His denial of self had about it no repulsive austerity; but you can evince its holy
influence and sway by innumerable little offices of kindness and good-will ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/the mind of jesus/seventh day unselfishness.htm

God's Slaves
... Such is the bearing of this apparently repulsive representation of our text,
which is not so repulsive if you come to think about it. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/gods slaves.htm

Prayer-Equipment for Preachers
... art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." The idea
conveyed is that such a backslidden state of heart is as repulsive to God ...
/.../bounds/the weapon of prayer/ix prayer-equipment for preachers.htm

The Manna
... that the condition of our having life in ourselves is our 'eating the flesh and
drinking the blood of the Son of Man.' The figure is made repulsive on purpose ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the manna.htm

The Burnt Offering a Picture and a Prophecy
... It is worth while to try to realise the strange and to our eyes repulsive spectacle
of the burnt offering, which is veiled from us by its sacred associations. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the burnt offering a picture.htm

Letter xvi. Charity.
... But, it may not be amiss to enumerate some of those things which, by their unseemliness,
render the conduct of any person repulsive and disgusting. ...
/.../a practical directory for young christian females/letter xvi charity.htm

Let Her Pout it Out.
... There stood my friend, with a pale yet firm countenance, and as I advanced she looked
me steadily in the face with a cold, repulsive expression. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arthur/words for the wise/let her pout it out.htm

The Lord's Supper --Concluded.
... There is nothing gross, carnal, Capernaitish or repulsive about it. ... This idea was
repulsive to the great Brooklyn divine. But it does not offend us. ...
/.../chapter xv the lords supperconcluded.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Offensive; repugnant; serving or able to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

2. (a.) Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.

Thesaurus

Repulsive (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Offensive; repugnant; serving or able to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive
force. 2. (a.) Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners. ...
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Ugly (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty;
being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed. ...
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Unclean (393 Occurrences)
... The reason for the prohibition doubtless lies in the unsanitary and repulsive nature
of the flesh of these birds, the Divine command endorsing the instincts ...
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Odious (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive;
disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. ...
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Forbidding (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike;
disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a ...
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Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)
... thing was seen..... Wherever we looked, before or behind, lay wide fields
of volcanic rock, black and repulsive,.... with here and ...
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Reputably (1 Occurrence)

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Repulse (2 Occurrences)

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Barley (35 Occurrences)
... 4:9) one of the ingredients from which the prophet was to make bread and "eat it
as barley cakes" after having baked it under repulsive conditions (Ezekiel 4:12 ...
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Cockle (1 Occurrence)
... On account of the meaning of the Hebrew root we should expect that the reference
was rather to repulsive, offensive weeds than to the pretty corn cockle. ...
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Bible Concordance

Repulsive (7 Occurrences)

1 Kings 15:13 Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:6 But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 15:16 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
(See NIV)

Job 19:17 My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
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Job 33:20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
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Psalms 88:8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
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Jeremiah 23:13 I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Repulsive

Related Terms

Ugly (7 Occurrences)

Unclean (393 Occurrences)

Odious (9 Occurrences)

Forbidding (6 Occurrences)

Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)