קָדוֹשׁ
qādôš
sacred
Strong's H6918AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1990bWorship

קָדוֹשׁ (qādôš) is a Hebrew adjective meaning sacred. It appears 119 times in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6918).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1990b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1990b)sacred, holy; God, angel, saint, sanctuary
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קָדוֹשׁ adjective: sacred, holy

Strong's H6918 קָדוֹשׁ: sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV:holy (One), saint.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1990: קָדַשׁ qādaš — be set apart, consecrated; be hallowed, tabooed; shew oneself sacred, majestic, be honored, treated as sacred, dedicated; set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate, observe as holy, keep sacred, honor as sacred; regard, treat…

See it in Scripture

Exodus 19:6Leviticus 10:13Numbers 5:17

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