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Strong's #6943 - קֶדֶשׁ
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- Kedesh = "holy place"
- a city in the extreme south of Judah
- same as ´Kadesh´ and ´Kadesh-barnea´
- a city of Issachar allotted to the Gershonite Levites
- a fortified Canaanite city allotted to Naphtali
- a city of refuge in Naphtali
- a city in the extreme south of Judah
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1 in Galilee Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32 (P), 1 Chronicles 6:61; Naphtal1Joshua 19:37 (P), נַפְתָּלִי׳ק Judges 4:6; = קֶדֶשׁ alone Joshua 12:22 (D; with king); Judges 4:9,10 + Judges 4:11 (where possibly different place on sea of Galilee, see GFM Judges 117,119), also 2 Kings 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. 235f.
2 Κεδες: city of refuge in Issachar 1 Chronicles 6:57 = קִשְׁיוֺן Joshua 21:28; possibly Tel Abu Kudeis [Survey WP i. 69], approximately 2miles southeast from Lejjun ( Megiddo): compare Buhl Geogr. 209.
3 Καδης: in southern Judah; Joshua 15:23 (P) (= II. קָדֵשׁ
1 ? if Song of Solomon , then Masoretic distinction from קֶדֶשׁ in the north was here neglected).
קֶדֶשׁ (“sanctuary”), [Kedesh], pr.n.
(1) of a town in the southern region of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:23.
(2) of another in the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 12:22, 19:37 21:32 Judges 4:6; 1 Chronicles 6:61 with ה parag. קֵדְשָׁה Judges 4:9 and קְדֵשָׁה Judges 4:10.
(3) of a town in the tribe of Issachar, 1 Chronicles 6:57 also called קְשִׁיוֹן Joshua 19:20, 21:28.