Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H6946
קָדֵשׁ
Qadeshkaw-dashe'
Kadesh
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Qâdêsh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6946is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6946
Kadesh, a place in the Desert
The King James renders it: Kadesh. Compare H6947 (קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Qadesh is rendered "Kadesh". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:7Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 14:7קָדֵ֔שׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Kadesh9
- from Kadesh3
- at Kadesh2
- in Kadesh2
- Kadesh towards2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| קָדֵשׁ | qadesh | male cult prostitute | Uses6 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- קָדֵ֖שׁ4
- קָדֵ֔שׁ3
- מִקָּדֵ֑שׁ2
- קָדֵֽשׁ׃2
- בְקָדֵ֔שׁ1
- בְקָדֵ֖שׁ1
- בְּקָדֵ֑שׁ1
- בְּקָדֵֽשׁ׃1
- מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ1
- קָדֵ֑שָׁה1
- קָדֵֽשָׁה׃1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)9HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)7HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2HNpl/Sd
Genesis
three uses
Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
- קָדֵ֔שׁkadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
- קָדֵ֖שׁkadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- קָדֵ֖שׁkadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
Numbers
eight uses
and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
- קָדֵ֑שָׁהkadeshahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Kadesh towards
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- בְּקָדֵ֑שׁbekadeshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Kadesh
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- מִקָּדֵ֖שׁmikadeshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Kadesh
and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
- בְקָדֵ֔שׁvekadeshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Kadesh
After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.
- מִקָּדֵ֑שׁmikadeshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Kadesh
for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
- קָדֵ֖שׁkadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- קָדֵֽשׁ׃kadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
- מִקָּדֵ֑שׁmikadeshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Kadesh
Deuteronomy
two uses
For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
- בְקָדֵ֖שׁvekadeshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Kadesh
For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
- קָדֵ֖שׁkadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
Judges
two uses
But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
- קָדֵֽשָׁה׃kadeshahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Kadesh towards
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
- בְּקָדֵֽשׁ׃bekadeshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Kadesh
Psalms
one use
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
- קָדֵֽשׁ׃kadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
Ezekiel
two uses
On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
- קָדֵ֔שׁkadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
- קָדֵ֔שׁkadeshproper noun (a name)tagged: Kadesh
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.