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title: קָדֵשׁ — temple-prostitute · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָדֵשׁ (6945), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: temple-prostitute. BDB 1906: n.m. temple-prostitute. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָדֵשׁ

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«קָדֵשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **temple-prostitute** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 6945 · **BDB:** קָדֵשׁ

### Glosses

cult.prostitutes (3); a.cult.prostitute (2); a.female.cult.prostitute (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

temple-prostitute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6945/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. temple-prostitute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6945/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. temple-prostitute (man) (cf. RSProph. ii, N. 19, and v. Assyrian sub √);—ק׳ Dt 23:18; coll. 1 K 14:24; 22:47; pl. קְדֵשִׁים 15:2 2 K 23:7; Jb 36:14; also f. קְדֵשָׁה (woman) Dt 23:18; pl. קְדֵשׁוֹת Ho 4:14; = harlot, fs. Gn 38:21(×2), 22 (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָדֵשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6945/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.14/)

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תָּמֹ֣ת בַּנֹּ֣עַר נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* it.dies in (the) youth self their and life their among the.male cult.prostitutes

*JPS 1917:* Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.

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[Deuteronomy 23:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.18/)

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לֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ה קְדֵשָׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה קָדֵ֖שׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

*Word for word:* not she.will.be a.female.cult.prostitute any of.the.daughters of.Israel and not he.will.be a.male.cult.prostitute any of.the.sons of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

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