Kadesh Explained

Qadesh, Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš and Qades come from the common Semitic root "Q-D-Š", which means "sacred."

Kadesh and variations may refer to:

Ancient/biblical places

Kadesh (Syria) or Qadesh, an ancient city of the Levant, on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River
- Tell al-Nabi Mando, also called Qadesh and adjacent to the ancient site
- Battle of Kadesh or Battle of Qadesh, was a battle between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II
Kadesh (biblical) or Qadesh, biblical site or sites, one of which is sometimes named as Kadesh Barnea
Kedesh, also Kedesh Naphthali, an ancient city in Upper Galilee, Israel (see also Qadas)

Kadesh Barnea, also known as Nitzanei Sinai, a modern community settlement in the Negev desert of Israel
Qadas, a Palestinian Arab Shiite village northeast of Safad that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war (see also Kedesh)
Kidosht or Kadāsh, a village in Momenabad Rural District, in the Central District of Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran
Qades, a village in Badghis Province in north western Afghanistan

Qetesh, a Canaanite and Egyptian fertility goddess
Qetesh (Stargate), a character in the Stargate fictional universe
Kadosh, a 1999 film by Amos Gitai
Qadesh, the male equivalent of Qedesha, a sacred or temple prostitute
Qadesh, a military unit in the Syrian Civil War that fights under the command of the Republican Guard.