שֶׁקֶץ
sheqets · sheh'-kets
filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8262 (שָׁקַץ);
filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abominable(-tion).
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 שֶׁקֶץ 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be an abomination3 · 27%
- or any abominable1 · 9%
- they shall be an abomination1 · 9%
- they shall be even an abomination1 · 9%
- that shall be an abomination1 · 9%
- they are an abomination1 · 9%
- for they are an abomination1 · 9%
- and the abomination1 · 9%
- and abominable1 · 9%
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.