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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H8251

שִׁקּוּץ

shiqqutsshik-koots'

abomination

28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shiqqûwts

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8251is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 22
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8251

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

The King James renders it: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shiqquts is rendered "abomination". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 29:17You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.

The first use

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

Deuteronomy 29:17שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eight of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • detestable things their7
  • detestable thing of5
  • detestable things your3
  • detestable things2
  • detestable things of2
  • the detestable things2
  • abomination1
  • abominations1
  • and by abominations their1
  • and detestable things its1
  • and in detestable things their1
  • detestable things its1

and 1 more, 28 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שִׁקְמָהshiqmahsycamoreUses7
שִׁקּוּיshiqquydrinkUses2
שִׁקֻּוshiqquvdrinkUses1

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

22 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שִׁקֻּ֣ץ3
  • שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י2
  • שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶ֗ם2
  • שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם2
  • שִׁקֻּ֖ץ2
  • הַשִּׁקּ֥וּץ1
  • הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙1
  • הַשִּׁקֻּצִ֗ים1
  • וּבְשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם1
  • וּבְשִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם1
  • וְשִׁקֻּצָיו֙1
  • שִׁקּ֣וּץ1

and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural7HNcmpc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HNcmpc/Sp2fs
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2HTd/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3fs
  • noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa

Deuteronomy

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

    Deuteronomy 29:17

    • שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔םshikutzeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: detestable things their

1 Kings

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

    1 Kings 11:5

    • שִׁקֻּ֖ץshikutznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: detestable thing of
  • 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.

    1 Kings 11:7

    • שִׁקֻּ֣ץshikutznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: detestable thing of
    • שִׁקֻּ֖ץshikutznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: detestable thing of

2 Kings

three uses
  • 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 23:13

    • שִׁקֻּ֣ץshikutznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: detestable thing of
    • שִׁקֻּ֣ץshikutznoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: detestable thing of
  • 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 Kings 23:24

    • הַשִּׁקֻּצִ֗יםhashikutzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the detestable things

2 Chronicles

one use
  • 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.

    2 Chronicles 15:8

    • הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙hashikutzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the detestable things

Isaiah

one use
  • 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.

    Isaiah 66:3

    • וּבְשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖םuveshikutzeihemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and in detestable things their

Jeremiah

five uses
  • “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,

    Jeremiah 4:1

    • שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יךָshikutzeichanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: detestable things your
  • For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

    Jeremiah 7:30

    • שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶ֗םshikutzeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: detestable things their
  • Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

    Jeremiah 13:27

    • שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְshikutzayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: detestable things your
  • And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”

    Jeremiah 16:18

    • שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙shikutzeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: detestable things their
  • They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

    Jeremiah 32:34

    • שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶ֗םshikutzeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: detestable things their

Ezekiel

eight uses
  • Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.

    Ezekiel 5:11

    • שִׁקּוּצַ֖יִךְshikutzayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: detestable things your
  • His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

    Ezekiel 7:20

    • שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖םshikutzeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: detestable things their
  • When they return to it, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations.

    Ezekiel 11:18

    • שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יהָshikutzeihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: detestable things its
  • But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

    Ezekiel 11:21

    • שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֛םshikutzeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: detestable things their
  • And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’

    Ezekiel 20:7

    • שִׁקּוּצֵ֤יshikutzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: detestable things of
  • But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.

    Ezekiel 20:8

    • שִׁקּוּצֵ֤יshikutzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: detestable things of
  • Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

    Ezekiel 20:30

    • שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖םshikutzeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: detestable things their
  • They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

    Ezekiel 37:23

    • וּבְשִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔םuveshikutzeihemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and by abominations their

Daniel

three uses
  • And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”

    Daniel 9:27

    • שִׁקּוּצִים֙shikutzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: abominations
  • His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

    Daniel 11:31

    • הַשִּׁקּ֥וּץhashikutzthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the abomination
  • And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.

    Daniel 12:11

    • שִׁקּ֣וּץshikutznoun · masculine singulartagged: abomination

Hosea

one use
  • I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

    Hosea 9:10

    • שִׁקּוּצִ֖יםshikutzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: detestable things

Nahum

one use
  • I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.

    Nahum 3:6

    • שִׁקֻּצִ֖יםshikutzimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: detestable things

Zechariah

one use
  • I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

    Zechariah 9:7

    • וְשִׁקֻּצָיו֙veshikutzavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and detestable things its

The letters

Gematria 496· 1,306 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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