שִׁקּוּץ
shiqqûwts · shik-koots'
disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
Lexicon
Derivation: or שִׁקֻּץ; from H8262 (שָׁקַץ);
disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
- disgusting, i.e. filthy
- especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁקּוּץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the abomination6 · 21%
- their abominations4 · 14%
- the abominations2 · 7%
- and all the abominations1 · 4%
- the abominable idols1 · 4%
- in their abominations1 · 4%
- thine abominations1 · 4%
- and thine abominations1 · 4%
- of their detestable1 · 4%
- with all thy detestable things1 · 4%
- and of their detestable things1 · 4%
- all the detestable things1 · 4%
- of their detestable things1 · 4%
- nor with their detestable things1 · 4%
- of abominations1 · 4%
- and the abomination1 · 4%
- and their abominations1 · 4%
- abominable filth1 · 4%
- and his abominations1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.