King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8263
Transliteration: sheqets
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-kets)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: detestation, detestable thing
Meaning: detestation, detestable thing
Word Summary
sheqets: detestation, detestable thing
Original Word: שֶׁקֶץTransliteration: sheqets
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-kets)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: detestation, detestable thing
Meaning: detestation, detestable thing
Strong's Concordance
abomination From shaqats; filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object -- abominable(-tion).
see HEBREW shaqats
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8263. sheqets
שֶׁ֫קֶץ noun masculineLeviticus 7:21 detestation, detestable thing; — ׳שׁ of the ceremonially unclean. 7:21; creatures forbidden as food: water animals without fins or scales 11:10-11, 12, birds of prey, etc., 11:13, winged creeping things 11:20; 11:23, creeping vermin 11:41; 11:42 (all P), compare Isaiah 66:17 (+ הָעַכְבָּר הַחֲזִיר, בְּשַׂר); see RSSemitic i. 275, 2nd ed. 293; K 309 f., 2nd ed. 311 f. — Ezekiel 8:10 read probably שִׁקּוּצִים, see שִׁקּוּץ.