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Lexicon :: Strong's H6948 - qᵊḏēšâ

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קְדֵשָׁה
Transliteration
qᵊḏēšâ
Pronunciation
ked-ay-shaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: TWOT 1990c

Strong’s Definitions

קְדֵשָׁה qᵉdêshâh, ked-ay-shaw'; feminine of H6945; a female devotee (i.e. prostitute):—harlot, whore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6948 in the following manner: harlot (4x), whore (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6948 in the following manner: harlot (4x), whore (1x).

  1. female temple prostitute, harlot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קְדֵשָׁה qᵉdêshâh, ked-ay-shaw'; feminine of H6945; a female devotee (i.e. prostitute):—harlot, whore.
STRONGS H6948: Abbreviations
קְדֵשָׁה (woman) Deuteronomy 23:18 [Deuteronomy 23:17]; plural קְדֵשׁוֺת Hosea 4:14; = harlot, feminine singular Genesis 38:21 (twice in verse); Genesis 38:22 (J).

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H6945.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:21; 38:22

Deuteronomy

23:17

Hosea

4:14

H6948

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6948 matches the Hebrew קְדֵשָׁה (qᵊḏēšâ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - He asked the men of that place, “Where is the temple prostitute who was by the roadside at Enaim?” They said, “There was no prostitute here.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - So he returned to Judah, and said, “I cannot find her; also the local men said, ‘There was no prostitute around here.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 -

“There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute (a sodomite) among the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:14 -

I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute

Or your brides when they commit adultery,

For the men themselves slip away with prostitutes,

And they offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes [who give their bodies in honor of the idol].

So the people without understanding [stumble and fall and] come to ruin.

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