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שִׁקּוּץ H8251
H8251 is the Hebrew word שִׁקּוּץ, transliterated shiqqûwts and said shik-koots'. The King James Version most often renders it abominations.
What it means
disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol.
Where it comes from
or שִׁקֻּץ; from H8262 (שָׁקַץ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 26 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
Verses using שִׁקּוּץ
All 24 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 29:17 · KJV
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
1 Kings 11:5 · KJV
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:7 · KJV
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 of the children of Ammon.
2 Kings 23:13 · KJV
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 of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
2 Kings 23:24 · KJV
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations 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 · KJV
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols 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.
Jeremiah 4:1 · KJV
If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
Jeremiah 7:30 · KJV
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
Jeremiah 13:27 · KJV
I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations 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 · KJV
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 and abominable things.
Jeremiah 32:34 · KJV
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Ezekiel 5:11 · KJV
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, 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 · KJV
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 therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
Ezekiel 11:18 · KJV
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Ezekiel 11:21 · KJV
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 20:7 · KJV
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Ezekiel 20:8 · KJV
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations 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 37:23 · KJV
Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, 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 · KJV
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 he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel 11:31 · KJV
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 that maketh desolate.
Daniel 12:11 · KJV
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Hosea 9:10 · KJV
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 Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Nahum 3:6 · KJV
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
Zechariah 9:7 · KJV
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations 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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8251 mean?
H8251 is the Hebrew word שִׁקּוּץ (shiqqûwts), meaning disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol.
How is H8251 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it abominations (9 times), abomination (7 times), detestable things (4 times), thine abominations (2 times), abominable idols (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8251 appear in the Bible?
שִׁקּוּץ (shiqqûwts) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8251 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or שִׁקֻּץ; from H8262 (שָׁקַץ).
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