שֶׁ֫קֶץ
she.qets
“detestation”
Definition
filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object
from H8262 (שָׁקַץ);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
שֶׁ֫קֶץ appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
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But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
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