קְדֵשָׁה
kedesha · consecrated woman
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6948 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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kedesha (קְדֵשָׁה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “consecrated woman”.
"Consecrated woman": a woman tied to a pagan shrine who prostituted herself as part of that worship. The law of Israel forbids it (Deuteronomy 23:17).
How to say it
ke·de·sha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A woman who sold herself in a pagan cult.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- sacred prostitute ×4
- sacred prostitutes ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 38:21
He asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the sacred prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no sacred prostitute here.”
- Genesis 38:22
He returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no sacred prostitute here.’”
- Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall not be a female sacred prostitute among the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a male sacred prostitute among the sons of Israel.
- Hosea 4:14
I will not call your daughters to account when they prostitute themselves, or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with sacred prostitutes; and a people that does not understand will come to ruin.
And 1 more times.