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title: שִׁקּוּץ — detested thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁקּוּץ (8251), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: detested thing. BDB 1906: n.m. detested thing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁקּוּץ

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«שִׁקּוּץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **detested thing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 28 times · **Key:** 8251 · **BDB:** שִׁקּוּץ

### Glosses

things (11); the.detestable.thing (5); detestable.things (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

detested thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8251/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. detested thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8251/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 11:31 detested thing;—abs. שִׁקּוּץ Dn 11:31; 12:11, cstr. שִׁקֻּץ 1 K 11:5 +; pl. שִׁקּוּצִים 2 Ch 15:8, שִׁקֻּצִים 2 K 23:24; cstr. שִׁקּוּצֵי Ez 20:7, 8; sf. שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם Je 16:18 +, etc.—detested thing, epith. of Isr. Ho 9:10 (si vera l.; not elsewhere bef. Dt); of filth Na 3:6; appar. of unclean food Zc 9:7 (as שֶׁקֶץ); of idols (often ‖ תּוֹעֵבָה, גִּלּוּל, etc.), Dt 29:16; 2 K 23:13, 24; Is 66:3; Je 4:1; 7:30 = 32:34; 13:27; 16:18; Ez 5:11; 7:20; 11:18, 21; 20:7, 8, 30; 37:23; of idolatrous practices Dn 9:27, but read prob. as 11:31 (so 𝔊 Θ), and כַּנּוֹ for כנף (v. Dr); שׁ׳ (םְ)שֹׁמֵם 11:31; 12:11 detested thing causing horror is the heathen altar erected in temple by Ant. Epiph., with (prob.) a statue of Zeus Olympios = (Ph.) בעלשמם lord of heaven; the prophet puts שִׁקּוּץ for בעל, and (םְ)שֹׁמֵם) for שָׁמַיִם; cf. NesZAW iv (1884), 248 CheOP 105 Dr Dn.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁקּוּץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8251/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.5/)

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים וְאַחֲרֵ֣י מִלְכֹּ֔ם שִׁקֻּ֖ץ עַמֹּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.walked Solomon after Astarte the.god of.\[the\].Sidonians and after Milcom the.detestable.thing of.\[the\].Ammonites

*JPS 1917:* For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites.

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[Nahum 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.6/)

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וְהִשְׁלַכְתִּ֥י עָלַ֛יִךְ שִׁקֻּצִ֖ים וְנִבַּלְתִּ֑יךְ וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְ כְּרֹֽאִי׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.throw on you detestable.things and I will.treat.you.with.contempt and I will.make.you like a.spectacle

*JPS 1917:* And I will cast detestable things upon thee, and make thee vile, and will make thee as dung.

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