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06945 קָדֵשׁ qadesh kaw-dashe’ KufDaletShin from 06942; n m; [BDB-873b] {See TWOT on 1990 @@ "1990c" } AV-sodomite 5, unclean 1; 6
- 1) homosexual
- perverted one or harlot 06948) The feminine noun קְדֵשָׁה (qedēshāh) designates a woman consecrated to cultic prostitution within the fertility rites of Canaanite religion. The terminology underscores the tragic inversion of true holiness: what is “set apart” is devoted not to the LORD but to idolatrous worship and sexual immorality.
- From 06945 קָדֵשׁ qadesh homosexual from 06942 to consecrate; and 06943 קֶדֶשׁ Qedesh = "holy place" and 06944 קֹדֶשׁ qodesh apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness