Lexical Definition

‎קֶדֶשׁ‎ Qedesh (keh'-desh) Kedesh ^N:N--L
from ‎קָדַשׁ‎; a sanctum

Kedesh.

• § Kedesh = "holy place"
• Kedesh, the name of four places in Palestine

1) a city in the extreme south of Judah
1a) same as 'Kadesh' and 'Kadesh-barnea'
2) a city of Issachar allotted to the Gershonite Levites
3) a fortified Canaanite city allotted to Naphtali
4) a city of refuge in Naphtali

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קֶ֫דֶשׁ‎ proper name, of a location (sanctuary) Καδης:

1. in Galilee Josh 20:7; Josh 21:32 (P), 1Chr 6:61* Naphtali Josh 19:37 (P), ‎נַפְתָּלִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Judg 4:6 = ‎קֶדֶשׁ‎ alone Josh 12:22 (D; with king); Judg 4:9; Judg 4:10 + vJudg 4:11 (where possibly different place on sea of Galilee, see GFM^{Judg 117, 119}), also 2Kgs 15:29 Tel Amarna †idši; Egyptian †dšë WMM^{As.u.Eur.173,217}; modern Kades, northwest of Lake Huleh; see Rob^{BR iii. 366 ff.} Survey^{WP i. 226 ff.} Buhl^{Geogr. 235 f.}

2. Κεδες: city of refuge in Issachar 1Chr 6:57* = ‎קִשְׁיוֺן‎ Josh 21:28 possibly Tel Abu Kudeis [Survey^{WP i. 69}], approximately 2 miles southeast from Lejjun (Megiddo): compare Buhl^{Geogr. 209.}

3. Καδης: in southern Judah; Josh 15:23 (P) (= II. ‎קָדֵשׁ‎ 1 ? if so, then Masoretic distinction from ‎קֶדֶשׁ‎ in the north was here neglected).

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