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title: קֶדֶשׁ — Kedesh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶדֶשׁ (6943), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Kedesh. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶדֶשׁ

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«קֶדֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kedesh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 6943 · **BDB:** קֶ֫דֶשׁ

### Glosses

Kedesh (9); to (2); of.Kedesh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kedesh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6943/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6943/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (sanctuary) Καδης: in Galilee Jos 20:7; 21:32 (P), 1 Ch 6:61; Naphtali Jos 19:37 (P), ק׳ נַפְתָּלִי Ju 4:6; = קֶדֶשׁ alone Jos 12:22 (D; with king); Ju 4:9, 10 + v 11 (where poss. different place on sea of Galilee, v. GFM Ju 117:119), also 2 K 15:29; TelAm. Ḳidši; Egyptian Ḳdšë WMMAs. u. Eur. 173, 217; mod. Kades, NW. of Lake Huleh; v. RobBR iii. 366 ff. SurveyWP i. 226 ff. BuhlGeogr. 235 f.. Κεδες: city of refuge in Issachar 1 Ch 6:57 = קִשְׁיוֹן Jos 21:28; poss. Tel Abu Kudies \[SurveyWP i. 69\], c. 2 miles SE. from Lejjun (Megiddo): cf. BuhlGeogr. 209. Καδης: in S. Judah; Jos 15:23 (P) (= ii. קָדֵשׁ 1? if so, then Mass distinction from קֶדֶשׁ in N. was here neglected).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶדֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6943/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.23/)

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וְקֶ֥דֶשׁ וְחָצ֖וֹר וְיִתְנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan

*JPS 1917:* and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan;

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[Joshua 12:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.22/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ קֶ֙דֶשׁ֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶֽלֶךְ־יָקְנֳעָ֥ם לַכַּרְמֶ֖ל אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Kedesh one the.king of.Jokneam of (the) Carmel one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

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