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

קְדֵשָׁה (qe.de.shah) — cult prostitute. female temple prostitute, harlot

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קָדֵשׁ (H6945 · H6946 · H6948) — קְדֵשָׁה

adj · קדשׁ

Prostitutes | noun m

Collocation: קָדֵשׁ

male temple prostitute = man employed to have sexual intercourse with other people as part of local fertility rites; ► forbidden under Mosaic law

DEU 23:18 · 1KI 14:24 · 1KI 15:12 · 1KI 22:47 · 2KI 23:7 · JOB 36:14

Prostitutes | noun f | ≈ זֹנָה

Collocation: קְדֵשָׁה

(female) temple prostitute = woman employed to have sexual intercourse with other people as part of local fertility rites; ► forbidden under Mosaic law

GEN 38:21 · GEN 38:21 · GEN 38:22 · DEU 23:18 · HOS 4:14

name

Names of Locations | ≈ עֵין־מִשְׁפָּט · קָדֵשׁ בַּרנֵעַ · קֶדֶשׁ

Kadesh = town, also known as En Mishpat , Kedesh, and Kadesh Barnea; ◄ located in the Wilderness of Zin, in the northern part of Sinai peninsula; ► Israelites encamped there on their way from Egypt to Canaan; it is also the location of the Meribah spring; spies were sent out into Canaan from this place; it later marked the southern border of the territory of Judah

GEN 14:7 · GEN 16:14 · GEN 20:1 · NUM 13:26 · NUM 20:1 · NUM 20:14 · NUM 20:16 · NUM 20:22 · NUM 27:14 · NUM 33:36 · NUM 33:37 · DEU 1:46 · DEU 32:51 · JDG 11:16 · JDG 11:17 · PSA 29:8 · EZK 47:19 · EZK 48:28

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קָדֵשׁ n.m. temple-prostitute (man); also f. קְדֵשָׁה (woman) = harlot base

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.