Know the Word.

Hebrew word

qâdêsh

kaw-dashe'

קָדֵשׁ

What it means

a sacred person, i.e. a devotee to licentious idolatry

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

Where it comes from

from qâdash (קָדַשׁ)

How the King James translates it

  • sodomites4
  • sodomite1

Every place it appears 5

Deuteronomy23:17
2 Kings23:7