Kedesh — the meaning of the Hebrew name קֶדֶשׁ

קֶדֶשׁ

Qedesh · pronounced keh'-desh · Strong's H6943 · a place

Kedesh means a sanctum.

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קָדַשׁ qâdash (from, H6942) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) open in the lexicon ›

from H6942; a sanctum; Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine.

Josh 12:22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; (KJV)

12 occurrences in 12 verses — Joshua, Judges, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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