קָדֵשׁQâdêsh
proper name [of a location]: sacred
Pronunciation: kaw-dashe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6946
Meanings
1. in south of Judah (Genesis 16:14; Genesis 20:1; Numbers 13:26)
2. Hittite capital on the Orontes, north of Damascus, towards Hamath (2 Samuel 24:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 18 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:7 Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
- Genesis 16:14 So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.
- Genesis 20:1 Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,
- Numbers 13:26 to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
- Numbers 20:1 In the first month of the year, the whole community of Israel arrived in the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. While they were there, Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 20:14 While Moses was at Kadesh, he sent ambassadors to the king of Edom with this message: “This is what your relatives, the people of Israel, say: You know all the hardships we have been through.
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).