Šiqqûṣ names a detestable thing, with the selected passages applying the description to idolatrous gods or images and defiling objects. First Kings 11:5 identifies Milcom within Solomon's turning toward other gods.
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Šiqqûṣ names a detestable thing, with the selected passages applying the description to idolatrous gods or images and defiling objects. First Kings 11:5 identifies Milcom within Solomon's turning toward other gods.
The BSB source-word alignment has 28 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the abomination (6), the abominations (4), their abominations (3), your detestable idols (2), [will come] the abomination (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 29:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (8), Jeremiah (5), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (3).
Šiqqûṣ names a detestable thing, with the selected passages applying the description to idolatrous gods or images and defiling objects. First Kings 11:5 identifies Milcom within Solomon's turning toward other gods. Deuteronomy 29:17 recalls the idols of surrounding nations and warns against turning from the Lord. The evaluation concerns objects of disloyal worship in these contexts rather than an invitation to describe disliked people as disgusting.
Jeremiah 7:30 accuses Judah of putting abominations in the house bearing God's name, connecting the objects with sanctuary defilement. Ezekiel 37:23 promises cleansing from idols, detestable images and transgressions within a larger restoration passage. The noun conveys serious condemnation, but its referent and grounds come from those passages. Teaching should name the specific worship and defilement at issue rather than use the severity of the English gloss to authorize contempt, an unproved modern identification or a speculative timetable for prophecy.
Solomon's divided worship, remembered national idols, defilement of the temple and promised cleansing establish the selected idolatrous referents. The restoration promise belongs to Ezekiel's wider argument rather than a free-standing label for disliked objects or persons.
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Milcom is named within Solomon's following other gods after his heart turns away. The severe description belongs to the account's evaluation of disloyal worship.
You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
The remembered objects of wood, stone, silver and gold accompany a warning against worshipping other gods. Material value does not make their covenant use acceptable.
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the Lord. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
Judah places abominations within the house bearing the Lord's name and defiles it. The surrounding address identifies concrete false worship rather than mere aesthetic displeasure.
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
The restoration promise includes rescue and cleansing from idols, images and transgressions. The passage joins the removal of defilement with renewed belonging to God.
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Hebrew word. Idol or idolatrous practice viewed as physically repugnant filth, not merely forbidden but viscerally abhorrent to God
Idol or idolatrous practice viewed as physically repugnant filth, not merely forbidden but viscerally abhorrent to God
disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol BDB: detested thing Usage: abominable filth (idol, -ation), detestable (thing).
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The selected passages do more than announce that an object provokes disgust. They identify worship that turns away from the Lord or brings alien objects into the house bearing His name. Deuteronomy's list includes costly materials as well as common ones, making clear that the problem is not settled by an object's expense or visual beauty. Kings connects the evaluation with Solomon's divided loyalty, and Jeremiah connects it with sanctuary defilement.
Ezekiel's restoration includes cleansing and renewed belonging rather than leaving the audience only with an insult. First Corinthians 10:14-22 provides a Christian argument against idolatrous participation, explaining it through competing fellowship rather than a dictionary-derived list of every forbidden ornament. Matthew 24's reference to Daniel belongs to another carefully specified prophetic context. Its inclusion in wider discussion should not turn this noun into a tool for confidently naming a present person or setting dates without the textual evidence required for that separate question.
Jer.7.30
The noun names detested things, with idolatrous referents prominent in the selected witnesses. Its strong evaluative force does not identify an object without context; different prophetic constructions also require their own textual account rather than one expanded gloss.
First Corinthians 10:14-22 warns against idolatrous participation by explaining incompatible fellowship with the Lord's table. Matthew 24:15 refers explicitly to Daniel's abomination warning. These passages supply separate Christian and prophetic connections without letting H8251 alone decide every contemporary object, person or fulfillment date.