Kadesh: meaning of the name

Places named Kadesh

• Kadesh

Kadesh in Scripture

“Kadesh” appears in 28 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Genesis 14:7

  And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.

• Genesis 16:14

  Wherefore the well was called Beer–lahai–roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

• Genesis 20:1

  And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

• Numbers 13:26

  And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

• Numbers 20:1

  Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

• Numbers 20:14

  And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

• Numbers 20:16

  And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

• Numbers 20:22

  And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.