שִׁקּוּץ shiqquts

Hebrew word for “abomination” · Strong’s H8251 · used 28 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for shiqquts in context, with how often each is used:

• detestable things 19
• detestable thing 5
• abominations 2
• abomination 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 20 (3), 1 Kings 11 (2), 2 Kings 23 (2), Ezekiel 11 (2), Deuteronomy 29 (1), 2 Chronicles 15 (1), Isaiah 66 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1), Jeremiah 7 (1), Jeremiah 13 (1)

Forms

• שׁקוציהם 7
• שׁקץ 5
• שׁקוציך 3
• ובשׁקוציהם 2
• שׁקוצי 2
• שׁקוצים 2
• השׁקצים 1
• השׁקוצים 1
• שׁקוציה 1
• השׁקוץ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shiqquts more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• טָמֵא tame “to defile” 7
• תּוֹעֵבַה toevah “abomination” 6
• גִּלּוּל gillul “idol” 5
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 5
• עַשְׁתֹּרֶת ashtoret “Ashtoreth” 2
• מִלכֹּם milkom “Milcom” 2
• שָׁמֵם shamem “be desolate” 3
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 4
• כְּמוֹשׁ kemosh “Chemosh” 2
• שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 3
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 4
• צִידֹנִי tsidoni “Sidonian” 2

Key verses

The verses using shiqquts that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 11:7 — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the…
• Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
• Jeremiah 4:1 — If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
• Jeremiah 13:27 — I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem!…
• Jeremiah 16:18 — And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of…
• Ezekiel 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations,…
• Ezekiel 7:20 — As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have…
• Ezekiel 20:7 — Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
• Ezekiel 20:8 — But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the…
• Ezekiel 37:23 — Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them…
• Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the…
• Hosea 9:10 — I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.