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H6945 · קָדֵשׁ

qâdêsh

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry

KJV gloss list in the source

sodomite, unclean.

Source pronunciation notation: kaw-dashe'

Derivation recorded by Strong

from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);

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