שֶׁקֶץ
šeqeṣ
detestation
Strong's H8263NounHebrewTWOT 2459a

שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ) is a Hebrew noun meaning detestation. It appears 11 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8263).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2459a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2459a)detestation, detestable thing; filth, idolatrous; abominable, abomination
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֶׁ֫קֶץ noun, masculine: detestation, detestable thing

Strong's H8263 שֶׁקֶץ: filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object
KJV:abominable(-tion).

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

Leviticus 11:10Isaiah 66:17Ezekiel 8:10

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