קָדֵשׁ qâdêsh

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: sodomite, unclean.

Derivation: from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 23:17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
• 1 Kings 14:24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
• 1 Kings 15:12 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• 1 Kings 22:46 He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
• 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
• Job 36:14 They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.