Lexical Summary qadesh: a temple prostitute Original Word: קָדֵשׁTransliteration: qadesh Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dashe') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a temple prostitute Meaning: a, sacred person, a, devotee, to licentious idolatry Strong's Concordance sodomite, unclean From qadash; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry -- sodomite, unclean. see HEBREW qadash Brown-Driver-Briggs H6945. qadesh I. קָדֵּשׁ noun masculine temple-prostitute (man) (compare RSProph. ii. N. 19, and see Assyrian Sub √); — ׳ק Deuteronomy 23:18; collective 1 Kings 14:24; 22:47; plural קְדֵשִׁים 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7; Job 36:14; also feminine קְדֵשָׁה (woman) Deuteronomy 23:18; plural קְדֵשׁוֺת Hosea 4:14; = harlot, feminine singular Genesis 38:21 (twice in verse); 38:22 (J). |
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