'Repulsive' in the Bible
The supervisors told them, "May the LORD look on you and judge you! You have made us repulsive to Pharaoh and his servants. You have put a sword in their hands to kill us."
"If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, the two are to be put to death. They've committed a repulsive act. Their guilt will remain their responsibility.
"If a man has sexual relations with another male as he would with a woman, both have committed a repulsive act. They are certainly to be put to death.
All Israel heard the report, "Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison and Israel has also become repulsive to the Philistines." Then the people were summoned to Saul at Gilgal.
Achish believed David, telling himself, "He has certainly made himself repulsive to his people in Israel. He will be my servant forever."
But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit. Like a dead body trampled underfoot,
Yet I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, "Don't do this repulsive thing that I hate."
The LORD could no longer bear it because of your evil deeds and the repulsive things that you did. So your land has become a ruin and an object of horror and ridicule without an inhabitant, as is the case today.
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- Abhorrent (32 instances)
- Blunt (4 instances)
- Brutal (4 instances)
- Churlish (1 instance)
- Detestable (167 instances)
- Harsh (38 instances)
- Obscene (16 instances)
- Repugnant (10 instances)
- Repulsive (18 instances)