Lexical Summary shiqquts: detested thing Original Word: שִׁקּוּץTransliteration: shiqquts Phonetic Spelling: (shik-koots') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: detested thing Meaning: disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol Strong's Concordance abominable filth idol detestable thing Or shiqquts {shik-koots'}; from shaqats; disgusting, i.e. Filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol -- abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing). see HEBREW shaqats Brown-Driver-Briggs H8251. shiqquts שִׁקֻּץ שִׁקּוּץ, noun masculineDaniel 11:31 detested thing; — absolute שִׁקּוּץ 11:31; 12:11, construct שִׁקֻּץ 1 Kings 11:5 +; plural שִׁקּוּצִים2 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 "" גִּלּוּל תּוֺעֵבָה,, etc.), Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 23:24; Jeremiah 4:1; 7:30=32:34; 13:27; 16:18; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:30; 11:18, 20; 20:7-8, 30; 37:23; of idolatrous practices Daniel 9:27, but read probably as 11:31 (so ᵐ5 θ), and כַגּוֺ for כנף (see Dr); ׳שׁ (מְ)שֹׁמֵם 11:31; 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. |
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