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Lexicon :: Strong's H6943 - qeḏeš

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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).
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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 Box Jos 12:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:23 - and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Jithnan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:37

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - And they hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - and out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kedesh in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs: three cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-Naphtali, and said to him, Hath not Jehovah the God of Israel commanded? Go and draw towards mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - And she said, I will by all means go with thee, only that it will not be to thine honour upon the way which thou goest, for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:10 - And Barak called together Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and there went up at his feet ten thousand men; and Deborah went up with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - (Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak of Zaannaim, which is by Kedesh.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 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-Maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:72

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:72 - and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, Dobrath and its suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:76

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs.
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