female temple prostitute, harlot
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H6948 — קְדֵשָׁה
qe.de.shah · cult prostitute · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 38:21 · הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה · קְדֵשָֽׁה׃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 · קְדֵשָֽׁה׃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 · קְדֵשָׁ֖הThere shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.Hosea 4:14 · הַקְּדֵשׁ֖וֹתI 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.