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Lexicon :: Strong's H8251 - šiqqûṣ

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שִׁקּוּץ
Transliteration
šiqqûṣ
Pronunciation
shik-koots'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2459b

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûwts, shik-koots'; or שִׁקֻּץ shiqquts; from H8262; disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol:—abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H8251 in the following manner: abomination (20x), detestable things (5x), detestable (1x), abominable filth (1x), abominable idols (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H8251 in the following manner: abomination (20x), detestable things (5x), detestable (1x), abominable filth (1x), abominable idols (1x).

  1. detestable thing or idol, abominable thing, abomination, idol, detested thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûwts, shik-koots'; or שִׁקֻּץ shiqquts; from H8262; disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol:—abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
STRONGS H8251: Abbreviations
† שִׁקּוּץ, שִׁקֻּץ noun masculineDaniel 11:31 detested thing; — absolute שִׁקּוּץ Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11, construct שִׁקֻּץ 1 Kings 11:5 +; plural שִׁקּוּצִים 2 Chronicles 15:8, שִׁקֻּצִים 2 Kings 23:24; construct שִׁקּוּצֵי Ezekiel 20:7, 8; suffix שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם Jeremiah 16:18+, etc.; — detested thing, epithet of Israel Hosea 9:10 (si vera lectio; not elsewhere before Deuteronomy); of fifth Nahum 3:6; apparently of unclean food Zechariah 9:7 (as שֶׁקֶץ); of idols (so usually; often || תּוֺעֵבָה, גִּלּוּל, etc.), Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 23:24; Jeremiah 4:1; Jeremiah 7:30 = Jeremiah 32:34; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 16:18; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:30 [Ezekiel 7:20]; Ezekiel 11:18, 20; Ezekiel 20:7, 8, 30; Ezekiel 37:23; of idolatrous practices Daniel 9:27, but read probably as Daniel 11:31 (so Greek Version of the LXX θ), and כַגּוֺ for כנף (see Dr); (מְ)שֹׁמֵם שׁ׳ Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11 destested thing causing horror is the heathen altar erected in temple by Antiochus Epiphanes, with (probably) a statue of Zeus Olympios = (Phoenician) בלְשמם lord of heaven; the prophet puts שִׁקּוּץ for בעל, and (מְ)שֹׁמֵם for שָׁמַיִם; compare NesZAW iv (1884), 248 CheOP 103 DrDn.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

29:16

1 Kings

11:5

2 Kings

23:24; 23:24

2 Chronicles

15:8

Jeremiah

4:1; 7:30; 13:27; 16:18; 16:18; 32:34

Ezekiel

5:11; 7:20; 11:18; 11:20; 20:7; 20:7; 20:8; 20:8; 20:30; 37:23

Daniel

9:27; 11:31; 11:31; 11:31; 11:31; 12:11; 12:11

Hosea

9:10

Nahum

3:6

Zechariah

9:7

H8251

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8251 matches the Hebrew שִׁקּוּץ (šiqqûṣ),
which occurs 28 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:17 - And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - “He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;
he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig’s blood;
he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
These have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1 - “If you return, O Israel,
declares the LORD,
to me you should return.
If you remove your detestable things from my presence,
and do not waver,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:30 - “For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set their detestable things in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your abominations,
your adulteries and neighings, your lewd whorings,
on the hills in the field.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
How long will it be before you are made clean?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - But first I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:34 - They set up their abominations in the house that is called by my name, to defile it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw.[fn] My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:18 - And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:21 - But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will[fn] bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7 - And I said to them, ‘Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. “Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and go whoring after their detestable things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:23 - They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings[fn] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,[fn] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - Like grapes in the wilderness,
I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree
in its first season,
I saw your fathers.
But they came to Baal-peor
and consecrated themselves to the thing of shame,
and became detestable like the thing they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:6 - I will throw filth at you
and treat you with contempt
and make you a spectacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - I will take away its blood from its mouth,
and its abominations from between its teeth;
it too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
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