Words

קְדֵשָׁה H6948

Home gloss

consecrated woman

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

harlot / harlot

Note

Of the root of קָדַשׁ "be holy": a woman set apart (Deut 23:18; Hos 4:14). Kept apart from זוֹנָה "whore." See the note at 38:21

Rulings

1, 3

Occurrences (3)

Genesis 38

• 38:21 And he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the consecrated woman, the one at Enaim on the way?" And they said, "There has been no consecrated woman here."
• 38:21 And he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the consecrated woman, the one at Enaim on the way?" And they said, "There has been no consecrated woman here."
• 38:22 And he returned to Judah and said, "I did not find her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no consecrated woman here.'"