Cult prostitute
קְדֵשָׁהStrong’s H6948qedeshah (qe-de-shah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qedeshah is the Hebrew word usually translated “cult prostitute”, “female cult prostitute” and “cult prostitutes”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then 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.”
Meaning
- Female temple prostitute, harlot
How it's translated
- a cult prostitute 2
- the cult prostitute 1
- a female cult prostitute 1
- the cult prostitutes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Hosea 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
קְדֵשָׁה qedeshah · cult prostitute
female temple prostitute, harlot
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.