Word

קָדֵשׁ

Qâdêsh · H6946 · Hebrew · proper noun · 18 occurrences

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This name belongs to 2 places

Kadeshfirst named in Genesis 14:715 verses
Meribah-kadeshfirst named in Deuteronomy 32:513 verses

Meanings

Kadesh

A town also known as En Mishpat, Kedesh and Kadesh Barnea, located in the Wilderness of Zin in the northern part of the Sinai peninsula, where the Israelites encamped on their way from Egypt to Canaan, the location of the Meribah spring, from which spies were sent into Canaan, and later the southern border of the territory of Judah

Examples
Genesis 14:7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 20:1 Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived for a time in Gerar.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עִירcity, town 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 2 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 2
אֲנַחְנוּwe 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 7
מִןfrom 6
בֵּיןbetween, among 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 2 groups

מְרִיבָהdispute 4
מִדְבָּרwilderness, desert 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Prostitutes001001003011: This sense is shared with the identically spelled word for a cult prostitute (קָדֵשׁ (qâdêsh, H6945)); it is not independently attested in this word's own sampled citations, which all concern the place name.
Names of Locations003001010: This is Kadesh, the wilderness site where Abraham journeyed (Genesis 14:7, 20:1) and where Israel encamped during the wilderness wanderings, and where Miriam died (Numbers 13:26, 20:1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6946. Qadesh II. קָדֵשׁ proper name, of a location (sacred; but perhaps originally…

H6946. Qadesh
II. קָדֵשׁ proper name, of a location (sacred; but perhaps originally קֶדֶשׁ and pointing artificial to distinguish from ׳ק in N); —
1 Καδης: in south of Judah Gen 16:14 (J), Gen 20:1 (E), in מָּארָן מִדְבַּר Num 13:26 (P), specifically ׳מ צִן Num 20:1; Num 33:36, compare ׳מ קָדֵשׁ Psa 29:8; on western border of Edom Num 20:16 (E), Num 33:37 (P), compare Num 20:14 (E), Num 20:22 (P), Jdg 11:16-17, (hence RobBR ii. 175, 194 sought it at `Ain Weibeh, in west of Arabah); long adobe of Israel during Exodus. Deu 1:46; ק מְרִיבַת ׳מֵי Num 27:14 (compare Num 20:1-13), Deu 32:51 (P), Eze 47:19 (read מְרִיבַת), Eze 48:28, compare Deu 33:2 (see קֹדֶשׁ near the end); compare מִשְׁמָּט עֵין Gen 14:7; = ׳ק בַּרְנֵעַ (meaning of ׳ב unknown; ᵐ5 Kings (τοῦ) βαρνη); — Num 32:8 (J), Deu 1:2, Deu 1:19; Deu 2:14; Deu 9:23; Jos 10:41 (D), Num 34:4; Jos 15:3 (P); — modern ±Ain †adîs (kudais, ), approximately 50 miles south of Beersheba, J.Rowlands (1842) see GWilliamsHoly City, 464 f., and especially HCTrumbull (1881)Kadesh Barnea, 238-321.
2 Hittite capital on the Orontes, north of Damascus, towards Hamath (Egyptian †dš, †dšu, †dše WMMAs.u.Eur.213 ff.); — 2Sa 24:6 ᵐ5L We Dr Kit Bu Löhr, reading קָדֵ֫שָׁה הַחִתִּים אֶרֶץ for ׳א חָדְשִׁי תַּחְתִּים ᵑ0 (הַחִתִּים already HiGeschichte. Israel i. 29; קָדֵ֫שָׁה Th, קֶ֫דְשָׁה Klo, of קֶדֶשׁ in Naphtali); HPS doubts.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0