קֶדֶשׁQedesh
proper name [of a location]: sanctuary
Pronunciation: keh'-desh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6943
Meanings
1. in Galilee, Naphtali (Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:61)
2. city of refuge in Issachar (1 Chronicles 6:57; Joshua 21:28)
3. in southern Judah (Joshua 15:23)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 12:22 The king of Kedesh The king of Jokneam in Carmel
- Joshua 15:23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
- Joshua 19:37 Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor,
- Joshua 20:7 The following cities were designated as cities of refuge: Kedesh of Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah.
- Joshua 21:32 From the tribe of Naphtali they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three towns.
- Judges 4:6 One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the land of Naphtali. She said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).