שִׁקּוּץ
šiqqûṣ
detested thing
Strong's H8251NounHebrewTWOT 2459b

שִׁקּוּץ (šiqqûṣ) is a Hebrew noun meaning detested thing. It appears 28 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8251).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2459b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2459b)detested thing; disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, idol; abominable filth, detestable
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׁקּוּץ noun, masculine: detested thing

Strong's H8251 שִׁקּוּץ: disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
KJV:abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2459: שִׁקֵּץ šiqqēṣ — detest, make detestable; be filthy, loathe, pollute; abhor, make abominable, have in abomination

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 11:52 Kings 23:132 Chronicles 15:8

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