H6948 - קְדֵשָׁה (qᵉdêshâh)

H6948 קְדֵשָׁה (qᵉdêshâh) ked-ay-shaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cult prostitute

Strong's Definition

a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)

Derivation: feminine of H6945 (קָדֵשׁ);

KJV Usage: harlot, whore.

TWOT Reference: 1990c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) female temple prostitute, harlot

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

female temple prostitute, harlot

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קְדֵשָׁה qedêshâh BDB Definition: 1) female temple prostitute, harlot Part of Speech: noun feminine Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (4)

38:21 38:22

23:17

4:14

Genesis 38:21

He asked the men of that place, Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim? No shrine prostitute has been here, they answered.

Genesis 38:22

So [Hirah] returned to Judah and said, I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, No shrine prostitute has been here.

Deuteronomy 23:17

No daughter or son of Israel is to be... a shrine prostitute.

Hosea 4:14

I will not punish... your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.