שָׁקַץ
shâqats · shaw-kats'
to be filthy, i.e. (intensively) to loathe, pollute
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be filthy, i.e. (intensively) to loathe, pollute
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abhor, make abominable, have in abomination, detest, [idiom] utterly.
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
- 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 pursue the straight path
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקַץ 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- abominable2 · 25%
- in abomination1 · 13%
- and these are they which ye shall have in abomination1 · 13%
- ye shall not make1 · 13%
- like it: but thou shalt utterly1 · 13%
- detest1 · 13%
- nor abhorred1 · 13%
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.