קָדֵשׁ
qādēš
temple-prostitute
Strong's H6945NounHebrewTWOT 1990c

קָדֵשׁ (qādēš) is a Hebrew noun meaning temple-prostitute. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6945).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1990c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1990c)temple-prostitute, harlot; sacred person, devotee, licentious idolatry, female devotee; sodomite, unclean, whore
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קָדֵשׁ noun, masculine: temple-prostitute, harlot

temple-prostitute (man); also feminine קְדֵשָׁה (woman) = harlot

Strong's H6945 קָדֵשׁ: a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
KJV:sodomite, unclean.

Strong's H6948 קְדֵשָׁה: a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)
KJV:harlot, whore.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1990: קָדַשׁ qādaš — be set apart, consecrated; be hallowed, tabooed; shew oneself sacred, majestic, be honored, treated as sacred, dedicated; set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate, observe as holy, keep sacred, honor as sacred; regard, treat…

See it in Scripture

1 Kings 14:242 Kings 23:7Job 36:14

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