קָדֵשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6945

temple-prostitute — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

temple-prostitute tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָדֵשׁ: n.m. temple-prostitute tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. temple-prostitute (man) (cf. RSProph. ii, N. 19, and v. Assyrian sub √);—ק׳ Dt 23:18; coll. 1 K 14:24; 22:47; pl. קְדֵשִׁים 15:2 2 K 23:7; Jb 36:14; also f. קְדֵשָׁה (woman) Dt 23:18; pl. קְדֵשׁוֹת Ho 4:14; = harlot, fs. Gn 38:21(×2), 22 (J).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cult prostitutes (3); a cult prostitute (2); a female cult prostitute (1).

In the verses

Job 36:14 · tree →

תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃

Word for word: it.dies in (the) youth self their and life their among the.male cult.prostitutes

JPS 1917: Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.

Deuteronomy 23:18 · tree →

לֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ה קְדֵשָׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה קָדֵ֖שׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

Word for word: not she.will.be a.female.cult.prostitute any of.the.daughters of.Israel and not he.will.be a.male.cult.prostitute any of.the.sons of.Israel

JPS 1917: There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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