Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6948: קְדֵשָׁה

qᵉdêshâh · pronounced ked-ay-shaw' · “cult prostitute”

Definition

a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)

KJV translates it as: harlot, whore.

Word origin: feminine of H6945 (קָדֵשׁ);

Extended definition

female temple prostitute, harlot

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6948 is translated

  • a cult prostitute ×2
  • cult prostitute ×1
  • a female cult prostitute ×1
  • cult prostitutes ×1

Bible verses with H6948 (qᵉdêshâh)

Qᵉdêshâh appears in 4 verses.

  • Genesis 38:21

    Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

  • Genesis 38:22

    And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

  • Deuteronomy 23:17

    There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

  • Hosea 4:14

    I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.