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Lexicon :: Strong's H6945 - qāḏēš

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קָדֵשׁ
Transliteration
qāḏēš
Pronunciation
kaw-dashe'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1990c

Strong’s Definitions

קָדֵשׁ qâdêsh, kaw-dashe'; from H6942; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry:—sodomite, unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H6945 in the following manner: sodomite (5x), unclean (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H6945 in the following manner: sodomite (5x), unclean (1x).

  1. male temple prostitute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָדֵשׁ qâdêsh, kaw-dashe'; from H6942; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry:—sodomite, unclean.
STRONGS H6945: Abbreviations
† I. קָדֵּשׁ noun masculine temple-prostitute (man) (compare RSProph. ii. N. 19, and see Assyrian sub √); — ק׳ Deuteronomy 23:18 [Deuteronomy 23:17]; collective 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 22:47 [1 Kings 22:46]; plural קְדֵשִׁים 1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7; Job 36:14;
[H6948 also feminine קְדֵשָׁה (woman) Deuteronomy 23:18 [Deuteronomy 23:17]; plural קְדֵשׁוֺת Hosea 4:14; = harlot, feminine singular Genesis 38:21 (twice in verse); Genesis 38:22 (J).]
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

23:17

1 Kings

14:24; 15:12; 22:46

2 Kings

23:7

Job

36:14

H6945

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6945 matches the Hebrew קָדֵשׁ (qāḏēš),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 - “None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:24 - and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:12 - He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:7 - And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:14 - They die in youth,
and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
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