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 her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”Genesis 38:22 · קְדֵשָֽׁה׃He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”Deuteronomy 23:17 · קְדֵשָׁ֖הThere shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.Hosea 4:14 · הַקְּדֵשׁ֖וֹתI will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.