Word Study · Strong's H6948 · Hebrew
קְדֵשָׁה
qedeshah
ked-ay-shaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qᵉdêshâh
“a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)
Rendered in the KJV as
harlot, whore.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- קְדֵשָֽׁה׃2
- הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה1
- הַקְּדֵשׁ֖וֹת1
- קְדֵשָׁ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 4
- a cult prostitute2
- [is] the cult prostitute1
- a female cult prostitute1
- the cult prostitutes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- adjective · feminine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAafsa · 3
- HTd/Aafpa · 1
- HTd/Aafsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 38:21הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛הhakedeshahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singularHe asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.here: [is] the cult prostitute
- Genesis 38:21קְדֵשָֽׁה׃kedeshahadjective · feminine singularHe asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.here: a cult prostitute
- Genesis 38:22קְדֵשָֽׁה׃kedeshahadjective · feminine singularSo Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”here: a cult prostitute