שָׁקַץ
shâqats · H8262 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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to contaminate oneself, to make oneself abominable
Causative action by which humans make themselves unclean by engaging with unclean things
ExamplesLeviticus 11:43 ‘Do not make yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.
Leviticus 20:25 ‘You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground, which I have distinguished for you as unclean.
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to regard as detestable
State in which humans or deities regard an object or person as utterly detestable, as associating with it would make them unclean
ExamplesLeviticus 11:11 and they shall be detestable to you; you may not eat any of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:13 ‘Moreover, these you shall detest among the birds; they are detestable, not to be eaten: the eagle, the vulture, and the buzzard,
Deuteronomy 7:26 “And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become designated for destruction, like it; you are to utterly detest it, and you are to utterly loathe it, for it is something designated for destruction.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 4
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 2
- אֵלֶּהthese 1
- נְבֵלָהcorpse 1
- עֱנוּתaffliction 1
- וֹhim 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מִןfrom+ עוֹףbirds, fowls, winged insects 1
- בin/on/with+ שֶׁרֶץswarming creature 1
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֹאnot 2
- אַלnot, do not 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 5 words
- טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ · H2930 · to become unclean, to defile oneself
- Both words denote making or being ritually or morally unclean or abominable, often in cultic and purity contexts. טָמֵא (ṭâmêʼ, H2930) is the standard technical term for ritual defilement, while שָׁקַץ (shâqats, H8262) emphasizes the abhorrent and detestable aspect of uncleanness.
- שָׁאט shâʼṭ · H7590 · to go about, to rove about, to row
- Both are verbs of strong negative attitude or rejection, with overlapping senses of despising, abhorring and detesting.
- נָאַץ nâʼats · H5006 · to reject, to have contempt for
- Both lexemes denote attitudes of strong rejection or contempt and overlap in that sense of despising or abhorring, making them near-synonyms.
- בָּזָה bâzâh · H959 · to despise, to disdain, to scorn
- Both denote negative attitudes of rejection or contempt, with overlapping senses: abhor and detest for שָׁקַץ (shâqats, H8262), despise and disdain for the other word.
- מָאַס mâʼaç · H3988 · to reject, to refuse, to waste away
- Both lexemes denote strong rejection or abhorrence and could substitute for each other in contexts expressing disdain or loathing, making them near-synonyms in the sense of despising or abhorring.
In the other Testament 1 word
- βδελύσσω bdelýssō · G948 · to abhor, to abominate
- Greek βδελύσσω renders Hebrew שָׁקַץ, both denoting strong revulsion or abhorrence, particularly in cultic and ritual contexts such as idolatry and other abominable practices — a direct translation-equivalence relationship.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Unclean002001001066
- This verb denotes treating something as ritually unclean, as in Leviticus 11:11's instruction that certain creatures are to be detestable, their flesh not to be eaten.
- Despise002001002005
- The verb also denotes moral abhorrence, as in Deuteronomy 7:26's command to utterly detest and utterly loathe anything designated for destruction.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8262. shaqats [שִׁקֵּץ] verb Pi`el denominative detest, make detestable; —…
[שִׁקֵּץ] verb Pi`el denominative detest, make detestable; — Perfect3masculine singular שִׁקַּץ Psa 22:25; Imperfect2masculine plural תְּשַׁקְּצוּ Lev 11:13 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׁקֵּץ Deu 7:26; —
1 detest,
c. accusative of thing Deu 7:26 (Imperfect + Infinitive absolute; || תְּתַעֲבֶּנּוּ תַּעֵב), Lev 11:11, Lev 11:13 (P); || בָּזָה Psa 22:25
2 make detestable, object נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם (= reflexive) Lev 11:43 (P), Lev 20:25 (H).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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