H6946

קָדֵשׁ

Qâdêsh · kaw-dashe'

Kadesh, a place in the Desert

Lexicon

Derivation: the same as H6945 (קָדֵשׁ); sanctuary;

Kadesh, a place in the Desert

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Kadesh. Compare H6947 (קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ).

Letters

Qof

Dalet

Shin

קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
Concrete
back of the head · rising sun · circle
Extended
what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
Concrete
door · curtain · entrance
Extended
a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › to consume, to destroy

What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in that works to consume, to destroy.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָדֵשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

in kadesh6 · 33%
from kadesh3 · 17%
which is kadesh2 · 11%
to kadesh2 · 11%
behold, it is between kadesh1 · 6%
between kadesh1 · 6%
and, behold, we are in kadesh1 · 6%
of meribah-kadesh1 · 6%
of kadesh1 · 6%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

קָדֵ֖שׁ4קָדֵ֔שׁ3מִקָּדֵ֑שׁ2קָדֵֽשׁ׃2מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ1קָדֵ֑שָׁה1בְּקָדֵ֑שׁ1קָדֵֽשָׁה׃1בְקָדֵ֖שׁ1בְקָדֵ֔שׁ1בְּקָדֵֽשׁ׃1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.