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Lexicon :: Strong's H6943 - qeḏeš

Aa
קֶדֶשׁ
Transliteration
qeḏeš
Pronunciation
keh'-desh
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1990d

Strong’s Definitions

קֶדֶשׁ Qedesh, keh'-desh; from H6942; a sanctum; Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine:—Kedesh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H6943 in the following manner: Kedesh (11x), Kedeshnaphtali (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H6943 in the following manner: Kedesh (11x), Kedeshnaphtali (1x).

  1. Kedesh = "holy place"

    1. a city in the extreme south of Judah

      1. same as 'Kadesh' and 'Kadesh-barnea'

    2. a city of Issachar allotted to the Gershonite Levites

    3. a fortified Canaanite city allotted to Naphtali

    4. a city of refuge in Naphtali

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֶדֶשׁ Qedesh, keh'-desh; from H6942; a sanctum; Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine:—Kedesh.
STRONGS H6943: Abbreviations
† קֶ֫דֶשׁ proper name, of a location (sanctuary) Καδης:
1. in Galilee Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32 (P), 1 Chronicles 6:61; Naphtali Joshua 19:37 (P), נַפְתָּלִי ק׳ Judges 4:6; = קֶדֶשׁ alone Joshua 12:22 (D; with king); Judges 4:9, 10 + Judges 4:11 (where possibly different place on sea of Galilee, see GFMJudg 117, 119), also 2 Kings 15:29; Tel Amarna †idši; Egyptian †dšë WMMAs.u.Eur.173,217; modern Kades, northwest of Lake Huleh; see RobBR iii. 366 ff. SurveyWP i. 226 ff. BuhlGeogr. 235 f.
2. Κεδες: city of refuge in Issachar 1 Chronicles 6:57 = קִשְׁיוֺן Joshua 21:28; possibly Tel Abu Kudeis [SurveyWP i. 69], approximately 2 miles southeast from Lejjun (Megiddo): compare BuhlGeogr. 209.
3. Καδης: in southern Judah; Joshua 15:23 (P) (= II. H6946 קָדֵשׁ 1 ? if so, then Masoretic distinction from קֶדֶשׁ in the north was here neglected).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

12:22; 15:23; 19:37; 20:7; 21:28; 21:32

Judges

4:6; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11

2 Kings

15:29

1 Chronicles

6:57; 6:61

H6943

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6943 matches the Hebrew קֶדֶשׁ (qeḏeš),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:22 - The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:23 - And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:37 - And Kedesh and Edrei and En-Hazor

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they made selection of Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Hammoth-dor and Kartan with their grass-lands, three towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - And she sent for Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, given orders saying, Go and get your force into line in Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, I will certainly go with you: though you will get no honour in your undertaking, for the Lord will give Sisera into the hands of a woman. So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:10 - Then Barak sent for Zebulun and Naphtali to come to Kedesh; and ten thousand men went up after him, and Deborah went up with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - Now Heber the Kenite, separating himself from the rest of the Kenites, from the children of Hobab, the brother-in-law of Moses, had put up his tent as far away as the oak-tree in Zaanannim, by Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:29 - In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali; and he took the people away to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:72

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:72 - And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its outskirts, and Daberath with its outskirts,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its outskirts, and Hammon with its outskirts, and Kiriathaim with its outskirts.
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