The meaning of “קָדֵשׁ”
Understanding qâdêsh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
sodomite, unclean. - a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolat...
קָדֵשׁ
sodomite, unclean. - a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry 1) male temple prostitute
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 23:17 | “There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.” Word: קָדֵשׁ (qâdêsh) | |
| 1 Kings 14:24 | “And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.” Word: קָדֵשׁ (qâdêsh) | |
| 1 Kings 15:12 | “And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.” Word: קָדֵשׁ (qâdêsh) | |
| 2 Kings 23:7 | “And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.” Word: קָדֵשׁ (qâdêsh) | |
| Job 36:14 | “They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.” Word: קָדֵשׁ (qâdêsh) |
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