Quick Definition
to detest
Strong's Definition
to be filthy, i.e. (intensively) to loathe, pollute
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: abhor, make abominable, have in abomination, detest, [idiom] utterly.
TWOT Reference: 2459
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Piel) to detest, make abominable, count filthy, make detestable
1a) to detest
1b) to make detestable
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁקֵּץ (sha.qats) — to detest. 1) (Piel) to detest, make abominable, count filthy, make detestable 1a) to detest 1b) to make detestable
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שִׁקּוּץ · שֶׁקֶץ
Unclean | verb pi
to contaminate oneself, to make oneself abominable = causative action by which humans make themselves unclean by engaging with unclean things
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שִׁקֵּץ] vb. Pi. denom. detest, make detestable base