קָדֵשׁ (qādēsh) — male temple prostitute / (female) temple prostitute / Kadesh

Form 1

Part of speech: aj

Related lemmas: קדשׁ

Sense 1: male temple prostitute

Semantic domains: Prostitutes (001001002003011)

Core domains: Sex (155); Marriage (105); Idolatry (085); Behavior (017)

Definition: = man employed to have sexual intercourse with other people as part of local fertility rites; ► forbidden under Mosaic law

Forms: nsm

Collocations: קָדֵשׁ

Show passage in OET: DEU 23:18

OET-RV DEU 23:17

17 Don’t allow any Israeli man or woman to become a religious prostitute.

OET-LV DEU 23:18

18  Not she _will _be a _female _cult _prostitute any_of _the _daughters _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_not he _will _be a _male _cult _prostitute from_(the)_sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

Show passage in OET: KI1 14:24

OET-RV KI1 14:24

24 There were also male prostitutes associated with them, and the Israelis did the same abhorrent things as the nations that Yahweh had removed ahead of their entering the land.

OET-LV KI1 14:24

24 And_also male _cult _prostitute[s] he _was in/on _the_earth they _did according_to _all _of the_abominations _of the_nations which YHWH he _had _dispossessed from_face/in _front _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

Jump to OET DEU 23:17 section.

Jump to OET KI1 14:24 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 23:17

KI1: OET KI1 14:24 · OET KI1 15:12 · OET KI1 22:46

KI2: OET KI2 23:7

JOB: OET JOB 36:14

Sense 2: (female) temple prostitute

Semantic domains: Prostitutes (001001002003011)

Core domains: Sex (155); Marriage (105); Idolatry (085); Behavior (017)

Definition: = woman employed to have sexual intercourse with other people as part of local fertility rites; ► forbidden under Mosaic law

Forms: nsf

Collocations: קְדֵשָׁה

Synonyms: זֹנָה

Show passage in OET: GEN 38:21

OET-RV GEN 38:21

21 so he asked some of the local men, “Where’s the temple prostitute who was at Enayim beside the road?”
¶ But they answered, “There’s never been a temple prostitute around here.”

OET-LV GEN 38:21

21 And_he _asked DOM the _men _of her _place _of_her to_say where is_the_cult _prostitute she was_at_Enaim at the_road and_they _said not she _was in_this_place a _cult _prostitute.

Show passage in OET: GEN 38:22

OET-RV GEN 38:22

22 So Hirah returned to Yehudah and told him, “I couldn’t find her. What’s more, the men of the place said that there hasn’t been a temple prostitute at that place.”

OET-LV GEN 38:22

22 And_he _returned to Yəhūdāh and_he/it _said not I_found _her and_also the _men _of the _place they _said not she _was in_this_place a _cult _prostitute.

Jump to OET GEN 38:21 section.

Jump to OET GEN 38:22 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 38:21–22

DEU: OET DEU 23:17

HOS: OET HOS 4:14

Form 2

Part of speech: np

Name meanings: holy, sacred

Sense 1: Kadesh

Semantic domains: Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = town, also known as En Mishpat , Kedesh, and Kadesh Barnea; ◄ located in the Wilderness of Zin, in the northern part of Sinai peninsula; ► Israelites encamped there on their way from Egypt to Canaan; it is also the location of the Meribah spring; spies were sent out into Canaan from this place; it later marked the southern border of the territory of Judah

Coordinates: 30.687712,34.494795

Synonyms: עֵין־מִשְׁפָּט · קָדֵשׁ בַּרנֵעַ · קֶדֶשׁ

Show passage in OET: GEN 14:7

OET-RV GEN 14:7