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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 - You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:5 - He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the people of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of[fn] Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1 - “If you, Israel, will return, then return to me,”

declares the LORD.

“If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:30 - “ ‘The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:18 - I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:34 - They set up their vile images in the house that bears my Name and defiled it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols. They made it into vile images; therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:18 - “They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:21 - But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7 - And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your eyes on, 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 would not listen to me; they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore say to the Israelites: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your ancestors did and lust after their vile images?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:23 - They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[fn] and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[fn] In the middle of the ‘seven’[fn] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[fn] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.[fn]”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - “His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - “When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:6 - I will pelt you with filth, I will 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 the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
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