Strong H6943H6943Gקֶ֫דֶשׁ
Kedesh
One of the 4 senses of Strong H6943
- Transliteration
- qedesh
- Pronunciation
- keh'-desh
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Kedesh (Kedesh-naphtali), a Canaanite city conquered by Joshua, became a Levitical city and a city of refuge in the territory of Naphtali (Joshua 12:22; 19:37; 20:7; 21:32).
Meaning of the name
Kedesh = "holy place"
General definition
From H6942; a sanctum;
{Kedesh} the name of four places in Palestine: - Kedesh.
{Kedesh} the name of four places in Palestine: - Kedesh.
In the biblical story
Kedesh
A Canaanite city, later a Levitical city of refuge in Naphtali
Kedesh (Kedesh-naphtali), a Canaanite city conquered by Joshua, became a Levitical city and a city of refuge in the territory of Naphtali (Joshua 12:22; 19:37; 20:7; 21:32).
In the Bible
Strong H6943G appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kedesh9
First verses
- Joshua 12:22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
- Joshua 19:37And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En–hazor,
- Joshua 20:7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
- Joshua 21:32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth–dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
- Judges 4:9And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
- Judges 4:10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
- Judges 4:11Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
- 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
- 1 Chronicles 6:76And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.