# H6948 קְדֵשָׁה

קְדֵשָׁה (qᵉdêshâh), Strong’s H6948: a female devotee (i.e. prostitute) KJV: harlot, whore.. Occurs 5 times.

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*qᵉdêshâh* — a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)

KJV: harlot, whore.

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- קָדֵשׁ n.m. temple-prostitute (man); also f. קְדֵשָׁה (woman) = harlot

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 38:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=21) — Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There…
- [Genesis 38:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=22) — He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute…
- [Deuteronomy 23:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/23?v=18) — There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- [Hosea 4:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/4?v=14) — I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the…