Word Study · Strong's H6945 · Hebrew
קָדֵשׁ
qadesh
kaw-dashe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qâdêsh
“a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
Rendered in the KJV as
sodomite, unclean.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- קָדֵ֖שׁ2
- בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃1
- הַקָּדֵ֔שׁ1
- הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים1
- הַקְּדֵשִׁ֔ים1
How it is rendered · 5
- the male cult prostitutes2
- a male cult prostitute1
- among the temple prostitutes1
- cult prostitute[s]1
- the cult prostitute[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- adjective · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural2
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 2
- HTd/Aampa · 2
- HRd/Aampa · 1
- HTd/Aamsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 14:24קָדֵ֖שׁkadeshadjective · masculine singularThere were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.here: cult prostitute[s]
- 1 Kings 15:12הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖יםhakedeshimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluralHe banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.here: the male cult prostitutes
- 1 Kings 22:46הַקָּדֵ֔שׁhakadeshthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularHe banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.here: the cult prostitute[s]
Same headword in Strong's