שֶׁ֫קֶץ
she.qets
detestation
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word שֶׁ֫קֶץ (she.qets) translates to "detestation." As indicated by its short definition and semantic domain of "Cognition & Perception," this word is related to the concept of intense dislike or strong disapproval. In its 11 occurrences in the Bible, שֶׁ֫קֶץ often emphasizes the depth of revulsion or condemnation for certain actions, people, or things. This may suggest that the word has a somewhat pejorative or adverse connotation, possibly conveying a strong sense of moral or social disapproval. The significance of שֶׁ֫קֶץ lies in its representation of a strong negative emotional response towards things deemed unacceptable or repulsive in the biblical context. This word provides insight into the emotional and cognitive states of the ancient Hebrews, highlighting their reactions towards perceived wrongdoing, idolatry, or moral decay.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
11 total occurrences across the text
“Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, behind one in the middle, eating pig’s meat, abominable things, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together,” says Yahweh.
Ezekiel 8:10So I went in and looked, and saw every form of creeping things, abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around on the wall.
Leviticus 7:21When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
Leviticus 11:10All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers, all that move in the waters, and all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
Leviticus 11:11and you shall detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:12Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters is an abomination to you.
Leviticus 11:13“ ‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
Leviticus 11:20“ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.
Leviticus 11:23But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you.
Leviticus 11:41“ ‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 11:42Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.