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These individuals were often linked to the worship of fertility deities in ancient Near Eastern cultures. The term is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote practices that were considered abominable and contrary to the worship of Yahweh.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, many pagan religions incorporated sexual rites as part of their worship, believing that such acts would ensure fertility and prosperity. The "qadesh" were male prostitutes who served in these religious contexts, often in temples dedicated to deities like Baal and Asherah. These practices were prevalent among the Canaanites and other neighboring cultures, and the Israelites were repeatedly warned against adopting such customs.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm">qodesh</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a temple prostitute<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>cult prostitute (2), cult prostitutes (2), male cult prostitutes (2), sodomites (1), temple prostitute (3), temple prostitutes (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. <font class="hebrew2">קָדֵּשׁ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>temple-prostitute</b></font> (man) (compare RS<sup>Proph. ii. N. 19, and</sup> see Assyrian Sub √); — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ק</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a>; collective <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22-47.htm">1 Kings 22:47</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">קְדֵשִׁים</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/23-7.htm">2 Kings 23:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/36-14.htm">Job 36:14</a>; also feminine <font class="hebrew2">קְדֵשָׁה</font> (woman) <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">קְדֵשׁוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a>; = <em>harlot</em>, feminine singular <a href="/interlinear/genesis/38-21.htm">Genesis 38:21</a> (twice in verse); <a href="/interlinear/genesis/38-22.htm">Genesis 38:22</a> (J). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>sodomite, unclean <p>From <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm">qadash</a>; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry -- sodomite, unclean. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm">qadash</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ בקדשים׃ הַקְּדֵשִׁ֔ים הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים הַקָּדֵ֔שׁ הקדש הקדשים קָדֵ֖שׁ קדש bakkedeShim baq·qə·ḏê·šîm baqqəḏêšîm hakkaDesh hakkedeShim haq·qā·ḏêš haq·qə·ḏê·šîm haqqāḏêš haqqəḏêšîm kaDesh qā·ḏêš qāḏêš<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/23-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 23:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְלֹֽא־ יִהְיֶ֥ה <b> קָדֵ֖שׁ </b> מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵל׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Israel <span class="itali">shall be a cult prostitute,</span> nor<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Israel, <span class="itali">nor a sodomite</span> of the sons<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> nor shall be a <span class="itali">cult</span> of the sons of Israel<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/14-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 14:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְגַם־ <b> קָדֵ֖שׁ </b> הָיָ֣ה בָאָ֑רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> There were also <span class="itali">male cult prostitutes</span> in the land.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And there were also sodomites</span> in the land:<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/14-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> were also <span class="itali">male</span> become the land<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/15-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 15:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר <b> הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖ים </b> מִן־ הָאָ֑רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He also put away <span class="itali">the male cult prostitutes</span> from the land<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And he took away <span class="itali">the sodomites</span> out of the land,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/15-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> put <span class="itali">the male</span> from the land<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/22-46.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 22:46</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ <b> הַקָּדֵ֔שׁ </b> אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאַ֔ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The remnant <span class="itali">of the sodomites</span> who<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And the remnant <span class="itali">of the sodomites,</span> which remained<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/22-46.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the remnant <span class="itali">of the sodomites</span> who remained<p><b><a href="/text/2_kings/23-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 23:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ בָּתֵּ֣י <b> הַקְּדֵשִׁ֔ים </b> אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the houses <span class="itali">of the [male] cult prostitutes</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the houses <span class="itali">of the sodomites,</span> that [were] by the house<br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/23-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> broke the houses <span class="itali">of the cult</span> which the house<p><b><a href="/text/job/36-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 36:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/36.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם <b> בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/36.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And their life <span class="itali">[perishes] among the cult prostitutes.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/36.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and their life <span class="itali">[is] among the unclean.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/job/36-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> They and their life <span class="itali">the cult</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6945.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6945.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6945<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bakkedeshim_6945.htm">baq·qə·ḏê·šîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkadesh_6945.htm">haq·qā·ḏêš — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkedeshim_6945.htm">haq·qə·ḏê·šîm — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kadesh_6945.htm">qā·ḏêš — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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