King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H6918
Transliteration: qadosh
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-doshe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sacred, holy
Meaning: sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
Word Summary
qadosh: sacred, holy
Original Word: קָדוֹשׁTransliteration: qadosh
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-doshe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sacred, holy
Meaning: sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
Strong's Concordance
holy One, saint Or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}; from qadash; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary -- holy (One), saint.
see HEBREW qadash
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6918. qadosh
קָדוֺשׁ adjective sacred, holy; — absolute ׳ק Exodus 19:6 +; קָדשׁ 29:31 +; construct קְדוֺשׁ Isaiah 1:4 +; קְדשׁ 49:7 2t.; suffix קְדשִׁי Habakkuk 1:12; קְדוֺשׁוֺ Isaiah 10:17; 49:7 קְדוֺשְׁכֶם 43:15; plural קְדוֺשִׁים Hosea 12:1-2t., קְדשׁים Leviticus 11:44 16t.; suffix קְדשָׁיו Deuteronomy 33:3; Psalm 34:10, קְדשָׁו֯ Job 15:15; —
1 of God, as separate, apart, and so sacred, holy:
a. exalted on theophanic throne Isaiah 6:3 (3 t. in verse), Psalm 22:4 heavenly throne Isaiah 57:15; in victory 5:16; 1 Samuel 2:2; Psalm 99:3 ("" נוֺרָא), 99:5; 99:9; שְׁמוֺ ׳ק וְנוֺרָא 111:9.
b. separate from human infirmity, impurity, and sin: Joshua 24:19 (E), 1 Samuel 6:20; Habakkuk 1:12; ׳כ אני קדושׁ Leviticus 11:44-45, 19:2; 20:26; 21:8 (H); בְּקִרְבְּךָ קדושׁ Hosea 11:9; ׳ק בישׂראל Ezekiel 39:7.
c. יִשְׂרָאֵל קְדוֺשׁ = divine name (originating from trisagion, Isaiah 6:3) 1:4; 5:19, 24; 10:20; 12:6; 17:7; 29:19; 30:11-12, 15; 31:1; Is :2; 41:14, 16, 20; 43:3, 14; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; 60:9, 14 elsewhere only 2 Kings 19:22 = Isaiah 37:23; Jeremiah 50:29; 51:5; Psalm 71:22; 78:41; 89:19; ׳ק יעקב Isaiah 29:23, קְדוֺשׁוֺ 10:17; 49:7, קְדוֺשְׁכֶם 43:15; קָדוֺשׁ 40:25; Habakkuk 3:3; Job 6:10, plural intensive שׁים (ו) קד Hosea 12:1; Proverbs 9:10; 30:3.
2. a. of place, sacred, holy, chambers of priests Ezekiel 42:13, camp of Israel Deuteronomy 23:15, + מָרוֺם of heaven Isaiah 57:15 (but of ׳י Du Ry, and [reading ׳בְּק as holy, ב essent.] Klo Che Marti); in following (often defective) pointing dubious, read probably קֹדֶשׁ
2: ק ם ׳ (ו)מק of the court of tabernacle, Exodus 29:31; Leviticus 6:9; 6:19; 6:20; 7:6; 10:13; 16:24; 24:9 (P), of Jerusalem Ecclesiastes 8:10; עליון ׳ק מִשְׁכְּנֵי Psalm 46:5; ׳ק הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ 65:5.
b. persons: priests Leviticus 21:7-8, Numbers 16:5, 7 (P), Aaron Psalm 106:16, Levites 2 Chronicles 35:3, prophet 2 Kings 4:9, Nazirite Numbers 6:5, 8 (P), Israel ק ׳גּוֺי Exodus 19:6 (E), ק ׳עם Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2, 21; 26:19; 28:9; כָּלהָֿעֵדָה Numbers 16:3 (P); remnant in Jerusalem Isaiah 4:3; קדשׁים sacred Leviticus 11:44-45, 19:2; 20:7, 26; 21:6; Numbers 15:40; קדשׁים sacred ones, saints Deuteronomy 33:3 (song), Psalm 16:3; 34:10; Daniel 8:24.
c. angels, Psalm 89:6; 89:8; Job 5:1; 15:15; Zechariah 14:5; Daniel 8:13 (twice in verse).
d. קדשׁים מים Numbers 5:17 holy water.
e. time (׳לי) ק ׳הַיּוֺם Nehemiah 8:9-10, 11; י ׳קְדוֺשׁ Isaiah 58:13, of Sabbath. — (compare Biblical Aramaic קַדִּישׁ).
קדשׁ (√ of following; ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew id., קָדוֺשׁ).