STRONGS NUMBER H8251

H8251. shiqquts

שִׁקֻּץ שִׁקּוּץ,‎ noun masculine^{Daniel 11:31} detested thing; — absolute שִׁקּוּץ‎ 11:31; 12:11, construct שִׁקֻּץ‎ 1 Kings 11:5 +; plural שִׁקּוּצִים‎2 Chronicles 15:8, שִׁקֻּצִים‎ 2 Kings 23:24; construct שִׁקּוּצֵי‎ Ezekiel 20:7-8, suffix שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם‎ Jeremiah 16:18+, etc.; — detested thing, epithet of Israel Hosea 9:10 (si vera lectio; not elsewhere before Deuteronomy); of fifth Nahum 3:6; apparently of unclean food Zechariah 9:7 (as שֶׁקֶץ‎); of idols (so usually; often "" גִּלּוּל תּוֺעֵבָה,‎, etc.), Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 23:24; Jeremiah 4:1; 7:30=32:34; 13:27; 16:18; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:30; 11:18, 20; 20:7-8, 30; 37:23; of idolatrous practices Daniel 9:27, but read probably as 11:31 (so ᵐ5‎ θ), and כַגּוֺ‎ for כנף‎ (see Dr); ׳שׁ (מְ)שֹׁמֵם‎ 11:31; 12:11 destested thing causing horror is the heathen altar erected in temple by Antiochus Epiphanes, with (probably) a statue of Zeus Olympios = (Phoenician) בלְשמם‎ lord of heaven; the prophet puts שִׁקּוּץ‎ for בעל‎, and (מְ)שֹׁמֵם‎ for שָׁמַיִם‎; compare Nes^{ZAW iv (1884), 248} Che^{OP 103} Dr^Dn.