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H6948קְדֵשָׁהqe.de.shah

cult prostitutePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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5 occurrences in 4 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 38:21

    Then he asked the men of her place, saying: 'Where is the harlot, that was at Enaim by the wayside?' And they said: 'There hath been no harlot here.'

    הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה (קְּדֵשָׁ֛ה) ke.de.Shah “cult prostitute”קְדֵשָֽׁה׃ ke.de.Shah “a cult prostitute”

  2. Genesis 38:22

    And he returned to Judah, and said: 'I have not found her; and also the men of the place said: There hath been no harlot here.'

    קְדֵשָֽׁה׃ ke.de.Shah “a cult prostitute”

  3. Deuteronomy 23:18

    There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

    קְדֵשָׁ֖ה ke.de.Shah “a female cult prostitute”

  4. Hosea 4:14

    I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught.

    הַקְּדֵשׁ֖וֹת (קְּדֵשׁ֖וֹת) ke.de.Shot “cult prostitutes”