שִׁקּוּץ, שִׁקֻּץ noun masculine[Dan 11:31] detested thing; — absolute שִׁקּוּץ [Dan 11:31]; [Dan 12:11], construct שִׁקֻּץ [1Kgs 11:5] +; plural שִׁקּוּצִים [2Chr 15:8], שִׁקֻּצִים [2Kgs 23:24] construct שִׁקּוּצֵי [Ezek 20:7]; [Ezek 20:8] suffix שִׁקּוּצֵיהֶם [Jer 16:18]+, etc.; — detested thing, epithet of Israel [Hos 9:10] (si vera lectio; not elsewhere before Deuteronomy); of fifth [Nah 3:6] apparently of unclean food [Zech 9:7] (as שֶׁקֶץ); of idols (so usually; often || תּוֺעֵבָה, גִּלּוּל, etc.), [Deut 29:16]; [2Kgs 23:24]; [Jer 4:1]; [Jer 7:30]=[Jer 32:34]; [Jer 13:27]; [Jer 16:18]; [Ezek 5:11]; [Ezek 7:30]; [Ezek 11:18]; [Ezek 11:20]; [Ezek 20:7]; [Ezek 20:8]; [Ezek 20:30]; [Ezek 37:23] of idolatrous practices [Dan 9:27], but read probably as [Dan 11:31] (so ᵐ5 θ), and כַגּוֺ for כנף (see Dr); (מְ)שֹׁמֵם ׳שׁ [Dan 11:31]; [Dan 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 NesZAW iv (1884), 248 CheOP 103 DrDn.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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