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Lexicon :: Strong's H6946 - qāḏēš

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קָדֵשׁ
Transliteration
qāḏēš
Pronunciation
kaw-dashe'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as קָדֵשׁ (H6945)
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TWOT Reference: 1990e

Strong’s Definitions

קָדֵשׁ Qâdêsh, kaw-dashe'; the same as H6945; sanctuary; Kadesh, a place in the Desert:—Kadesh. Compare H6947.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H6946 in the following manner: Kadesh (17x), Meribahkadesh (with H4808) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H6946 in the following manner: Kadesh (17x), Meribahkadesh (with H4808) (1x).

  1. Kadesh = "holy"

    1. a city in the extreme south of Judah

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָדֵשׁ Qâdêsh, kaw-dashe'; the same as H6945; sanctuary; Kadesh, a place in the Desert:—Kadesh. Compare H6947.
STRONGS H6946: Abbreviations
† II. קָדֵשׁ proper name, of a location (sacred; but perhaps originally קֶדֶשׁ and pointing artificial to distinguish from ק׳ in N); —
1. Καδης: in south of Judah Genesis 16:14 (J), Genesis 20:1 (E), in פָּארָן מִדְבַּר Numbers 13:26 (P), specifically צִן מ׳ Numbers 20:1; Numbers 33:36, compare קָדֵשׁ מ׳ Psalm 29:8; on western border of Edom Numbers 20:16 (E), Numbers 33:37 (P), compare Numbers 20:14 (E), Numbers 20:22 (P), Judges 11:16, 17 (hence RobBR ii. 175, 194 sought it at `Ain Weibeh, in west of Arabah); long adobe of Israel during Exodus. Deuteronomy 1:46; מֵי מְרִיבַת ק׳ Numbers 27:14 (compare Numbers 20:1-13), Deuteronomy 32:51 (P), Ezekiel 47:19 (read מְרִיבַת), Ezekiel 48:28,
[compare H6944 Deuteronomy 33:2 (see קֹדֶשׁ near the end)];
[compare H5880 מִשְׁפָּט עֵין Genesis 14:7]; =
[H6947 בַּרְנֵעַ ק׳ (meaning of ב׳ unknown; Greek Version of the LXX Kings (τοῦ) βαρνη); — Numbers 32:8 (J), Deuteronomy 1:2, 19; Deuteronomy 2:14; Deuteronomy 9:23; Joshua 10:41 (D), Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:3 (P)]; —
modern ‘Ain Ḳadîs (Ḳudais, bdb087401), approximately 50 miles south of Beersheba, J.Rowlands (1842) see GWilliamsHoly City, 464 f., and especially HCTrumbull (1881)Kadesh Barnea, 238-321.
2. Hittite capital on the Orontes, north of Damascus, towards Hamath (Egyptian Ḳdš, Ḳdšu, Ḳdše WMMAs.u.Eur.213 ff.); — [H8483 2 Samuel 24:6] LXX of Lucian (Lag.) We Dr Kit Bu Löhr, reading אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים קָדֵ֫שָׁה for MT תַּחְתִּים חָדְשִׁי א׳ (הַחִתִּים already HiGeschichte. Israel i. 29; קָדֵ֫שָׁה Th, קֶ֫דְשָׁה Klo, of קֶדֶשׁ in Naphtali); HPS doubts.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:14; 20:1

Numbers

13:26; 20:1; 20:1; 20:2; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 20:8; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11; 20:12; 20:13; 20:14; 20:16; 20:22; 27:14; 33:36; 33:37

Deuteronomy

1:46; 32:51

Judges

11:16; 11:17

Psalms

29:8

Ezekiel

47:19; 48:28

H6946

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6946 matches the Hebrew קָדֵשׁ (qāḏēš),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:7 - Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26 - to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:1 - In the first month of the year,[fn] the whole community of Israel arrived in the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. While they were there, Miriam died and was buried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent ambassadors to the king of Edom with this message: “This is what your relatives, the people of Israel, say: You know all the hardships we have been through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - But when we cried out to the LORD, he heard us and sent an angel who brought us out of Egypt. Now we are camped at Kadesh, a town on the border of your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:22 - The whole community of Israel left Kadesh and arrived at Mount Hor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] in the wilderness of Zin.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:36 - They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:37 - They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:46 - So you stayed there at Kadesh for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - For both of you betrayed me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] in the wilderness of Zin. You failed to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:16 - When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - they sent messengers to the king of Edom asking for permission to pass through his land. But their request was denied. Then they asked the king of Moab for similar permission, but he wouldn’t let them pass through either. So the people of Israel stayed in Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:8 - The voice of the LORD makes the barren wilderness quake;
the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:19 - “The southern border will go west from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] and then follow the course of the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. This will be the southern border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:28 - The southern border of Gad runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] and then follows the Brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean.[fn]
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