H8251 - שִׁקּוּץ (shiqqûwts)

H8251 שִׁקּוּץ (shiqqûwts) shik-koots'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

abomination

Strong's Definition

disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol

Derivation: or שִׁקֻּץ; from H8262 (שָׁקַץ);

KJV Usage: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).

TWOT Reference: 2459b

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G946 G948 G1497 G3393

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁקֻּץ / שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûts BDB Definition: 1) detestable thing or idol, abominable thing, abomination, idol, detested thing Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8262 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2459b Total KJV Occurrences: 29

Bible Occurrences (26)

29:17

11:5 11:7

23:13 23:24

15:8

66:3

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

5:11 7:20 11:18 11:21 20:7 20:8 20:30 37:23

9:27 11:31 12:11

9:10

3:6

9:7

Deuteronomy 29:17

You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.

1 Kings 11:5

Solomon followed... Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians... and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

1 Kings 11:7

At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites....

2 Kings 23:13

The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites....

2 Kings 23:24

Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 15:8

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of [Azariah son of] Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s {temple}.

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever slaughters an ox is [like] one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb [is like] one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering [is like] one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense [is like] one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations....

Jeremiah 4:1

If you will return, O Israel, return to Me, declares the LORD. If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,