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H6944 קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh) ko'-desh
Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

holiness

Biblical Persons & Places

Holy_Place Holy Place_2= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Exo.26.33; referred to as Holy Place or Holy Place (קֹ֫דֶשׁ), or Holy Place (ἅγιον).
Most_Holy_Place Most Holy Place= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at 1Ki.6.16; referred to as Most Holy Place (קֹ֫דֶשׁ קֹ֫דֶשׁ), or Most Holy Place (ἅγιον).

Strong's Definition

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

Derivation: from H6942 (קָדַשׁ);

KJV Usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.

TWOT Reference: 1990a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness
1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness
1a1) of God
1a2) of places
1a3) of things
1b) set-apartness, separateness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh BDB Definition: 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6942 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1990a Total KJV Occurrences: 458

Bible Occurrences (382)

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