Question: meaning of the word abomination in the bible

title: Abomination (Bible)
text: In Daniel 's prophecies in Daniel 11 : 31 ( cf. 12 : 11 ) , it is generally interpreted as referring to the fearful calamities that were to fall on the Jews in the time of Antiochus IV Epiphanes , saying `` And they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate . '' Jerome , and most of the Christian fathers , suppose that the reference is to Antiochus as the type of Antichrist , and that the description passes from the type to the antitype . Idolatry is presented as the chief sin in the Bible , and shiqquts is often used to describe such . In his campaign of Hellenization , Antiochus caused an altar to be erected on the altar for burnt - offerings of the Second Temple , on which pig sacrifices were offered to Zeus Olympios . ( Comp. 1 Maccabees 1 : 54 ) . Following the wording of Daniel 9 : 27 , this may have been the abomination of desolation of Jerusalem . sinful sacrifices ( Isaiah 66 : 3 ) idolatry ( Deuteronomy 29 : 17 , Ezekiel 20 : 7 , 8 , 1Kings 11 : 5 - 7 , Jeremiah 13 : 27 ) witchcraft ( 2 Kings 23 : 24 )