qadesh


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a temple prostitute
Original Word: קָדֵשׁ
Transliteration: qadesh
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dashe')
Short Definition: sodomite
Word Origin
from the same as qodesh
Definition
a temple prostitute
NASB Word Usage
cult prostitute (2), cult prostitutes (2), male cult prostitutes (2), sodomites (1), temple prostitute (3), temple prostitutes (1).

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sodomite, unclean

From qadash; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry -- sodomite, unclean.

see HEBREW qadash


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