קָדַשׁ (qādaš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be set apart. It appears
173 times
in 23 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6942).
Also rendered
to consecrate
consecate
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1990)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1990)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…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָדַשׁverb, denominative: be set apart, consecrated
Qal
1.be set apart, consecrated, hallowed
2.be hallowed, by contact with sacred things
3.consecrated, tabooed
Niphal
1.shew oneself sacred, majestic
2.be honored or treated as sacred
3.be consecrated, dedicated
Piel
1.set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate
2.observe as holy, keep sacred
3.honor as sacred, hallow
4.consecrate by purification
Pualconsecrated, dedicated
Hiphil
1.set apart, consecrate
2.regard or treat, as sacred, hallowed
3.consecrate by purification
Hithpael
1.keep oneself apart from unclean things
2.of God, cause himself to be hallowed
3.be observed as holy
4.consecrate oneself by purification, of priests and Levites
Strong's H6942קָדַשׁ: to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) KJV:appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), × wholly.
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.