Lexical Definition

‎שִׁקּוּץ‎ shiqqûwts (shik-koots') abomination ^H:N-M
or שִׁקֻּץ shiqquts (shik-koots'); from ‎שָׁקַץ‎

abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).

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

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

See Greek: βδέλυγμα · βδελύσσω · εἴδωλον · μίασμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שִׁקּוּץ‎, ‎שִׁקֻּץ‎ noun masculine^{Dan 11:31} detested thing; — absolute ‎שִׁקּוּץ‎ Dan 11:31; Dan 12:11, construct ‎שִׁקֻּץ‎ 1Kgs 11:5 +; plural ‎שִׁקּוּצִים‎ 2Chr 15:8, ‎שִׁקֻּצִים‎ 2Kgs 23:24 construct ‎שִׁקּוּצֵי‎ Ezek 20:7; Ezek 20:8 suffix ‎שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם‎ Jer 16:18+, etc.; — detested thing, epithet of Israel Hos 9:10 (si vera lectio; not elsewhere before Deuteronomy); of fifth Nah 3:6 apparently of unclean food Zech 9:7 (as ‎שֶׁקֶץ‎); of idols (so usually; often || ‎תּוֺעֵבָה‎, ‎גִּלּוּל‎, etc.), Deut 29:16*; 2Kgs 23:24; Jer 4:1; Jer 7:30=Jer 32:34; Jer 13:27; Jer 16:18; Ezek 5:11; Ezek 7:30; Ezek 11:18; Ezek 11:20; Ezek 20:7; Ezek 20:8; Ezek 20:30; Ezek 37:23 of idolatrous practices Dan 9:27, but read probably as Dan 11:31 (so ᵐ5 θ), and ‎כַגּוֺ‎ for ‎כנף‎ (see Dr); ‎(מְ)שֹׁמֵם‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Dan 11:31; Dan 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 Nes^{ZAW iv (1884), 248} Che^{OP 103} Dr^Dn.

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