H6945 · קָדֵשׁ
qâdêsh · kaw-dashe' · sodomite, unclean
H6945 (qâdêsh, pronounced kaw-dashe') is the Hebrew word קָדֵשׁ in Strong’s dictionary: a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry. It appears 6 times in 6 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- קָדֵשׁ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- qâdêsh
- Pronunciation
- kaw-dashe'
- Derivation
- from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);
- Definition
- a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
- Rendered in the KJV
- sodomite, unclean.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
6 occurrences in 6 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “male shrine prostitutes” ×2
- “a shrine prostitute” ×1
- “among the male shrine prostitutes” ×1
- “of the male shrine prostitutes” ×1
- “the male shrine prostitutes” ×1
By book
Deuteronomy 1 · 1 Kings 3 · 2 Kings 1 · Job 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6945.