Strong H6948קְדֵשָׁה
cult prostitute
- Transliteration
- qedêshâh
- Pronunciation
- ked-ay-shaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of H6945; a female devotee (that {is} prostitute): - {harlot} whore.
Detailed definition
female temple prostitute, harlot
In the Bible
Strong H6948 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- harlot3
- whore1
First verses
- Genesis 38:21Then 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 38:22And 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 23:17There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- Hosea 4:14I 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.