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Definition of Abhor from Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words which is keyed to the English Version (1881-1885), which is similar to the ASV 1901 (American Standard Version)
<1,,655,apostugeo>
denotes "to shudder" (apo, "from," here used intensively, stugeo, "to hate") hence, "to abhor," Rom. 12:9.
<2,,948,bdelusso>
"to render foul" (from bdeo, "to stink"), "to cause to be abhorred" (in the Sept. in Exod. 5:21; Lev. 11:43; 20:25, etc.), is used in the Middle Voice, signifying "to turn oneself away from" (as if from a stench); hence, "to detest," Rom. 2:22. In Rev. 21:8 it denotes "to be abominable." See ABOMINABLE.
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