qa.desh H6945

קָדֵשׁ (qa.desh) means “male cult prostitute” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

קָדֵשׁ Hebrew · H6945 6 tagged occurrences in 6 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-dashe' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H6945

קָדֵשׁ · qa.desh · male cult prostitute

male temple prostitute

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H6942 (קָדַשׁ); a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry

KJV glosses: sodomite, unclean.

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How translators render H6945

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
male shrine prostitutes	2
a shrine prostitute	1
among the male shrine prostitutes	1
of the male shrine prostitutes	1
the male shrine prostitutes	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of the sodomites	2
among the unclean	1
and there were also sodomites	1
nor a sodomite	1
the sodomites	1

Verses containing H6945

Page 1 of 1. 6 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Deuteronomy 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
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Source alternate reference: 23.18
1 Kings 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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1 Kings 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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1 Kings 22:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
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Source alternate reference: 22.47
2 Kings 23:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
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Job 36:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
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