Strong's Hebrew · H6948
קְדֵשָׁה
qᵉdêshâh · ked-ay-shaw'
Definitiona female devotee (i.e. prostitute)
Derivationfeminine of H6945 (קָדֵשׁ);
KJV usageharlot, whore.
Occurrences5 in the KJV · 4 verses
קְדֵשָׁה in Scripture
Genesis 38:21
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 .
Genesis 38:22
And 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 23:17
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Hosea 4:14
I 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.