What does קְדֵשָׁה · קָדֵשׁ mean in the Bible?
קְדֵשָׁה · קָדֵשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a consecrated woman/man in the context of cult prostitution; one set apart for religious sexual service".
Hebrew · H6948, H6945
קְדֵשָׁה / קָדֵשׁ
A female devotee (i.e. prostitute) · a (quasi) sacred person , i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
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קְדֵשָׁה H6948 a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)
Pronunciation qĕdēšāh
Sacred devotion corrupted: a woman consecrated to fertility cult prostitution, conflating religious and sexual transgression
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קָדֵשׁ H6945 a (quasi) sacred person , i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
Pronunciation qādēš
Cultic male prostitute devoted to idolatrous worship; perversion of qōdeš (holy) through sexual defilement
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What does קְדֵשָׁה / קָדֵשׁ (qedeshah / qadesh) mean in the Bible?
קְדֵשָׁה · קָדֵשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a consecrated woman/man in the context of cult prostitution; one set apart for religious sexual service".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6948, H6945?
H6948, H6945 is connected to 11 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a consecrated woman/man in the context of cult prostitution; one set apart for religious sexual service
Strong's H6948, H6945
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Source Gloss
a consecrated woman/man in the context of cult prostitution; one set apart for religious sexual service
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
קְדֵשָׁה / קָדֵשׁ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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