Lexical Definition

‎קֹדֶשׁ‎ qôdesh (ko'-desh) holiness ^H:N-M
from ‎קָדַשׁ‎

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

• a sacred place or thing
• rarely abstract, sanctity

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

See Greek: ἁγιάζω · ἁγιασμός · ἅγιον · ἅγιος · ἁγιωσύνη · ἁγνίζω · δόξα · θεός · οἶκος

Extended Information

• This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness
• Also named: hagion (ἅγιον "Most Holy Place" ἅγιον)

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Also see: עֵין מִשְׁפָּט | תַּחְתִּים חׇדְשִׁי

II. ‎קָדֵשׁ‎ proper name, of a location (sacred; but perhaps originally ‎קֶדֶשׁ‎ and pointing artificial to distinguish from ‎׳‎‎ק‎ in N); —

1. Καδης: in south of Judah Gen 16:14 (J), Gen 20:1 (E), in ‎מִדְבַּר פָּארָן‎ Num 13:26 (P), specifically ‎צִן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Num 20:1; Num 33:36, compare ‎קָדֵשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 29:8 on western border of Edom Num 20:16 (E), Num 33:37 (P), compare Num 20:14 (E), vNum 20:22 (P), Judg 11:16; Judg 11:17 (hence Rob^{BR ii. 175, 194 sought it at} `Ain Weibeh, in west of Arabah); long adobe of Israel during Exodus. Deut 1:46 ‎׳‎‎מֵי מְרִיבַת ק‎ Num 27:14 (compare Num 20:1-13), Deut 32:51 (P), Ezek 47:19 (read ‎מְרִיבַת‎), Ezek 48:28, compare Deut 33:2 (see ‎קֹדֶשׁ‎ near the end); compare ‎עֵין מִשְׁפָּט‎ Gen 14:7 = ‎בַּרְנֵעַ‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ (meaning of ‎׳‎‎ב‎ unknown; ᵐ5 Kings (τοῦ) βαρνη); — Num 32:8 (J), Deut 1:2; Deut 1:19; Deut 2:14; Deut 9:23; Josh 10:41 (D), Num 34:4; Josh 15:3 (P); — modern ±Ain †adîs (kudais, ), approximately 50 miles south of Beersheba, J.Rowlands (1842) see GWilliams^{Holy City, 464 f.}, and especially HCTrumbull (1881)^{Kadesh Barnea, 238-321}.

2. Hittite capital on the Orontes, north of Damascus, towards Hamath (Egyptian †dš, †dšu, †dše WMM^{As.u.Eur.213 ff.}); — 2Sam 24:6 ᵐ5^L We Dr Kit Bu Löhr, reading ‎אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים קָדֵ֫שָׁה‎ for ᵑ0 ‎תַּחְתִּים חָדְשִׁי‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ (‎הַחִתִּים‎ already Hi^{Geschichte. Israel i. 29}; ‎קָדֵ֫שָׁה‎ Th, ‎קֶ֫דְשָׁה‎ Klo, of ‎קֶדֶשׁ‎ in Naphtali); HPS doubts.

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Most Holy Place • The innermost room of the tabernacle and temple

The Most Holy Place was the innermost room of the tabernacle and temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.

• A location in Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם first mentioned at 1Ki.6.16;
• referred to as Most_Holy_Place קֹדֶשׁ, or Most Holy Place ἅγιον.
  

The Most Holy Place, also known as the Holy of Holies, was the innermost room of the tabernacle and later the temple in Jerusalem. It was separated from the Holy Place by a veil (Exod. 26:31-33). The Ark of the Covenant, which contained the tablets of the Ten Commandments, was kept in the Most Holy Place (Exod. 25:10-22; 1 Kgs. 8:6). The high priest entered the Most Holy Place only once a year, on the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for the sins of the people (Lev. 16). The Most Holy Place was a perfect cube, measuring 20 cubits in length, width, and height (1 Kgs. 6:20; 2 Chr. 3:8). It was overlaid with pure gold and contained gold cherubim (1 Kgs. 6:28; 2 Chr. 3:10-13). The Most Holy Place represented the dwelling place of God among His people.

All entries for Most Holy Place: קֹדֶשׁ ☩ ἅγιον