βδελυκτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of βδελύσσομαι (bdelússomai) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bde.lyk.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bde.lykˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βðe.lykˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vðe.lykˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vðe.likˈtos/

Adjective

βδελυκτός • (bdeluktós) m (feminine βδελυκτή, neuter βδελυκτόν); first/second declension

(Koine) disgusting, abominable
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 17.15:
  ὃς δίκαιον κρίνει τὸν ἄδικον, ἄδικον δὲ τὸν δίκαιον, ἀκάθαρτος καὶ βδελυκτὸς παρὰ Θεῷ.
  hòs díkaion krínei tòn ádikon, ádikon dè tòn díkaion, akáthartos kaì bdeluktòs parà Theōî.
  Translation by Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton
  He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.
- 50 CE – 100 CE, New Testament, Epistle to Titus 1:16:
  Θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι, τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται, βδελυκτοὶ ὄντες καὶ ἀπειθεῖς καὶ πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἀδόκιμοι.
  Theòn homologoûsin eidénai, toîs dè érgois arnoûntai, bdeluktoì óntes kaì apeitheîs kaì pròs pân érgon agathòn adókimoi.
  Translation by KJV
  They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Declension

First and second declension of βδελυκτός; βδελυκτή; βδελυκτόν (Koine)

Number		Singular				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βδελυκτός bdeluktós	βδελυκτή bdeluktḗ	βδελυκτόν bdeluktón		βδελυκτοί bdeluktoí	βδελυκταί bdeluktaí	βδελυκτᾰ́ bdeluktắ
Genitive		βδελυκτοῦ bdeluktoû	βδελυκτῆς bdeluktês	βδελυκτοῦ bdeluktoû		βδελυκτῶν bdeluktôn	βδελυκτῶν bdeluktôn	βδελυκτῶν bdeluktôn
Dative		βδελυκτῷ bdeluktōî	βδελυκτῇ bdeluktēî	βδελυκτῷ bdeluktōî		βδελυκτοῖς bdeluktoîs	βδελυκταῖς bdeluktaîs	βδελυκτοῖς bdeluktoîs
Accusative		βδελυκτόν bdeluktón	βδελυκτήν bdeluktḗn	βδελυκτόν bdeluktón		βδελυκτούς bdeluktoús	βδελυκτᾱ́ς bdeluktā́s	βδελυκτᾰ́ bdeluktắ
Vocative		βδελυκτέ bdelukté	βδελυκτή bdeluktḗ	βδελυκτόν bdeluktón		βδελυκτοί bdeluktoí	βδελυκταί bdeluktaí	βδελυκτᾰ́ bdeluktắ

Derived terms

ἀβδέλυκτος (abdéluktos)

Related terms

ἀποβδελύττομαι (apobdelúttomai)
βδέλυγμα (bdélugma)
βδελυγμία (bdelugmía)
βδελυγμός (bdelugmós)
βδελύκτροπος (bdelúktropos)
βδελυρεύομαι (bdelureúomai)
βδελυρία (bdeluría)
βδελυρός (bdelurós)
βδελυχρός (bdelukhrós)
παμβδελυρός (pambdelurós)

Further reading

βδελυκτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βδελυκτός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
βδελυκτός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“βδελυκτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
βδελυκτός in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
G947 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible