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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).
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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the king of Kedesh H6943, one;

the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:23 - and Kedesh H6943 and Hazor and Ithnan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:37 - and Kedesh H6943 and Edrei and En-hazor,

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So they [fn]set apart Kedesh H6943 in [fn]Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh H6943 in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - Then she sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali H6943 and said to him, “Has not Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - So she said, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh H6943.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:10 - Then Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh H6943, and 10,000 men went up [fn]with him; Deborah also went up with him.

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Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the [fn]oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh H6943.

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In the days of Pekah king of Israel, [fn]Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh H6943 and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he took them away into exile to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:72

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and from the tribe of Issachar:

Kedesh H6943 with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

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and from the tribe of Naphtali:

Kedesh H6943 in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.

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