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Strong's H8251 שִׁקּוּץ (shiqquts)

Shiqquts means “disgusting” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8251
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 26
Books 11

Strong's H8251 Quick Answer

Strong's H8251 שִׁקּוּץ שִׁקּוּץ (shiqquwts) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shiqquwts (shik-koots') (or shiqquts {shik-koots'}) n-m. 1. disgusting, i.e. filthy 2. (especially) idolatrous It has 26 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include idols, abominable, and idol. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shiqquwts (shik-koots') (or shiqquts {shik-koots'}) n-m. 1. disgusting, i.e. filthy 2. (especially) idolatrous
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
idols, abominable, and idol

Meaning and Definition

shiqquwts (shik-koots') (or shiqquts {shik-koots'}) n-m. 1. disgusting, i.e. filthy 2. (especially) idolatrous 3. (concretely) an idol [from H8262] KJV: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing). Root(s): H8262

Original Word
שִׁקּוּץ שִׁקּוּץ
Transliteration
shiqquwts
Derivation
Root: שׁקץ First root strongs: 8262
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8251. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H8251 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shiqquwts, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

idols Deuteronomy 29:17 abominable Jeremiah 16:18 idol Isaiah 66:3

How Strong's H8251 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8251 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8251 in the Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8251.

Deuteronomy 29:17 Old Testament, KJV
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
1 Kings 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kings 11:7 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Isaiah 66:3 Old Testament, KJV
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Jeremiah 4:1 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Ezekiel 5:11 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
Ezekiel 37:23 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
Zechariah 9:7 Old Testament, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8251, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 8 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8251 FAQ

What does shiqquts (שִׁקּוּץ) mean?

Shiqquts (Strong's H8251) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "disgusting". shiqquwts (shik-koots') (or shiqquts {shik-koots'}) n-m. 1. disgusting, i.e. filthy 2. (especially) idolatrous

How many times is shiqquts (שִׁקּוּץ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's H8251 across 11 books.

Where can I study shiqquts (שִׁקּוּץ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8251 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shiqquts (שִׁקּוּץ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as idols, abominable, and idol. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.