Shiqqûwts — H8251

Definition

masculine noun

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

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

Usually translated as

abomination, abominable filth, detestable

Origin

or shiqquts; from H8262

• Derived from Shâqats (H8262)

Greek equivalents

• bdélygma (G946)
• bdelýssō (G948)
• eídōlon (G1497)
• míasma (G3393)

Occurrences

Shiqqûwts occurs 28 times in 26 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (8), Daniel (3), Hosea (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (1)

• Deuteronomy 29:17 — And ye have seen their abominations (שִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם), and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
• 1 Kings 11:5 — For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination (שִׁקֻּ֖ץ) of the Ammonites.
• 1 Kings 11:7 — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination (שִׁקֻּ֣ץ) of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
• 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 (שִׁקֻּ֖ץ) of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Kings 23:13 — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination (שִׁקֻּ֣ץ) of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
• 2 Kings 23:13 — And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination (שִׁקֻּ֣ץ) of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
• 2 Kings 23:24 — Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations (הַשִּׁקֻּצִ֗ים) that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 15:8 — And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols (הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙) out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
• 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 blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations (וּבְשִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם).
• Jeremiah 4:1 — If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations (שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יךָ) out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
• Jeremiah 7:30 — For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations (שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶ֗ם) in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
• Jeremiah 13:27 — I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations (שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ) on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
• 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 their detestable (שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶם֙) and abominable things.
• Jeremiah 32:34 — But they set their abominations (שִׁקּֽוּצֵיהֶ֗ם) in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
• Ezekiel 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things (שִׁקּוּצַ֖יִךְ), and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
• 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 (שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם) therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
• Ezekiel 11:18 — And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things (שִׁקּוּצֶ֛יהָ) thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
• Ezekiel 11:21 — But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things (שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֛ם) and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 20:7 — Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations (שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י) 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 (שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י) of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
• Ezekiel 20:30 — Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations (שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶ֖ם)?
• Ezekiel 37:23 — Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things (וּבְשִׁקּ֣וּצֵיהֶ֔ם), nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
• 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 overspreading of abominations (שִׁקּוּצִים֙) he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
• Daniel 11:31 — And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination (הַשִּׁקּ֥וּץ) that maketh desolate.
• Daniel 12:11 — And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination (שִׁקּ֣וּץ) that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
• 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 themselves unto that shame; and their abominations (שִׁקּוּצִ֖ים) were according as they loved.
• Nahum 3:6 — And I will cast abominable filth (שִׁקֻּצִ֖ים) upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
• Zechariah 9:7 — And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations (וְשִׁקֻּצָיו֙) from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.