שִׁקֵּץ
šiqqēṣ
detest
Strong's H8262VerbHebrewTWOT 2459

שִׁקֵּץ (šiqqēṣ) is a Hebrew verb meaning detest. It appears 7 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8262).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2459)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2459)detest, make detestable; be filthy, loathe, pollute; abhor, make abominable, have in abomination
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׁקֵּץ verb: detest, make detestable

Piel denominative detest, make detestable

Strong's H8262 שָׁקַץ: to be filthy, i.e. (intensively) to loathe, pollute
KJV:abhor, make abominable, have in abomination, detest, × utterly.

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.

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:11Deuteronomy 7:26

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