שִׁקּוּץ

שִׁקּוּץ, שִׁקֻּץ noun masculine^{Dan 11,31} detested thing; — absolute שִׁקּוּץ Dan 11,31; Dan 12,11, construct שִׁקֻּץ 1 Kong 11,5 +; plural שִׁקּוּצִים 2 Kron 15,8, שִׁקֻּצִים 2 Kong 23,24 construct שִׁקּוּצֵי Ezk 20,7; Ezk 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 Zak 9,7 (as שֶׁקֶץ); of idols (so usually; often || תּוֺעֵבָה, גִּלּוּל, etc.), 5 Mos 29,16; 2 Kong 23,24; Jer 4,1; Jer 7,30=Jer 32,34; Jer 13,27; Jer 16,18; Ezk 5,11; Ezk 7,30; Ezk 11,18; Ezk 11,20; Ezk 20,7; Ezk 20,8; Ezk 20,30; Ezk 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 Nes^{ZAW iv (1884), 248} Che^{OP 103} Dr^Dn.