Lexical Definition

‎קָדוֹשׁ‎ qâdôwsh (kaw-doshe') holy ^H:A
or קָדֹשׁ qâdôsh (kaw-doshe'); from ‎קָדַשׁ‎

holy (One), saint.

• sacred (ceremonially or morally)
• (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

1) sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart

See Greek: ἁγιάζω · ἅγιον · καθαρός

Extended Information

• : holy

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָדוֺשׁ‎ adjective sacred, holy; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Exod 19:6 +; ‎קָדשׁ‎ Exod 29:31 +; construct ‎קְדוֺשׁ‎ Isa 1:4 +; ‎קְדשׁ‎ Isa 49:7 + 2 t.; suffix ‎קְדשִׁי‎ Hab 1:12 ‎קְדוֺשׁוֺ‎ Isa 10:17; Isa 49:7 ‎קְדוֺשְׁכֶם‎ Isa 43:15 plural ‎קְדוֺשִׁים‎ Hos 12:1* + 2 t., ‎קְדשׁים‎ Lev 11:44 + 16 t.; suffix ‎קְדשָׁיו‎ Deut 33:3; Ps 34:10*, ‎קְדשָׁו֯‎ Job 15:15 —

1. of God, as separate, apart, and so sacred, holy:
a. exalted on theophanic throne Isa 6:3 (3 t. in verse), Ps 22:4* heavenly throne Isa 57:15 in victory Isa 5:16; 1Sam 2:2; Ps 99:3 (|| ‎נוֺרָא‎), vPs 99:5 vPs 99:9 ‎וְנוֺרָא‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎שְׁמוֺ‎ Ps 111:9.
b. separate from human infirmity, impurity, and sin: Josh 24:19 (E), 1Sam 6:20; Hab 1:12 ‎קדושׁ אני‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Lev 11:44; Lev 11:45; Lev 19:2; Lev 20:26; Lev 21:8 (H); ‎קדושׁ‎ ‎בְּקִרְבְּךָ‎ Hos 11:9 ‎בישׂראל‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ezek 39:7.
c. ‎קְדוֺשׁ‎ ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ = divine name (originating from trisagion, Isa 6:3) Isa 1:4; Isa 5:19; Isa 5:24; Isa 10:20; Isa 12:6; Isa 17:7; Isa 29:19; Isa 30:11; Isa 30:12; Isa 30:15; Isa 31:1 Is :2; Isa 41:14; Isa 41:16; Isa 41:20; Isa 43:3; Isa 43:14; Isa 45:11; Isa 47:4; Isa 48:17; Isa 49:7; Isa 54:5; Isa 55:5; Isa 60:9; Isa 60:14 elsewhere only 2Kgs 19:22 = Isa 37:23; Jer 50:29; Jer 51:5; Ps 71:22; Ps 78:41; Ps 89:19* ‎יעקב‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 29:23, ‎קְדוֺשׁוֺ‎ Isa 10:17; Isa 49:7, ‎קְדוֺשְׁכֶם‎ Isa 43:15 ‎קָדוֺשׁ‎ Isa 40:25; Hab 3:3; Job 6:10, plural intensive ‎שׁים‎ (‎ו‎) ‎קד‎ Hos 12:1*; Prov 9:10; Prov 30:3.

2. a. of place, sacred, holy, chambers of priests Ezek 42:13, camp of Israel Deut 23:15*, + ‎מָרוֺם‎ of heaven Isa 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: ‎׳‎‎ ם ק‎ (‎ו‎)‎מק‎ of the court of tabernacle, Exod 29:31; Lev 6:9*; Lev 6:19*; Lev 6:20*; Lev 7:6; Lev 10:13; Lev 16:24; Lev 24:9 (P), of Jerusalem Eccl 8:10 ‎מִשְׁכְּנֵי‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎עליון‎ Ps 46:5* ‎הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ps 65:5*.
b. persons: priests Lev 21:7; Lev 21:8; Num 16:5; Num 16:7 (P), Aaron Ps 106:16, Levites 2Chr 35:3, prophet 2Kgs 4:9, Nazirite Num 6:5; Num 6:8 (P), Israel ‎׳‎‎גּוֺי ק‎ Exod 19:6 (E), ‎׳‎‎עם ק‎ Deut 7:6; Deut 14:2; Deut 14:21; Deut 26:19; Deut 28:9 ‎כָּלהָֿעֵדָה‎ Num 16:3 (P); remnant in Jerusalem Isa 4:3 ‎קדשׁים‎ sacred Lev 11:44; Lev 11:45; Lev 19:2; Lev 20:7; Lev 20:26; Lev 21:6; Num 15:40 ‎קדשׁים‎ sacred ones, saints Deut 33:3 (song), Ps 16:3; Ps 34:10*; Dan 8:24.
c. angels, Ps 89:6*; Ps 89:8*; Job 5:1; Job 15:15; Zech 14:5; Dan 8:13 (twice in verse).
d. ‎מים קדשׁים‎ Num 5:17 holy water.
e. time (‎׳‎‎לי‎) ‎׳‎‎הַיּוֺם ק‎ Neh 8:9; Neh 8:10; Neh 8:11 ‎׳‎‎קְדוֺשׁ י‎ Isa 58:13, of Sabbath. — (compare Biblical Aramaic ‎קַדִּישׁ‎).

‎קדשׁ‎ (√ of following; ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew id., ‎קָדוֺשׁ‎).

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