Holy
קָדוֹשׁStrong’s H6918qadosh (qa-dosh)
Appears in 106 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qadosh is the Hebrew word usually translated “holy”, “holy of” and “holy his”. It appears in 106 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?”
Meaning
- Sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart
How it's translated
- holy 65
- holy of 26
- and to holy of 3
- the holy 2
- and holy of 2
- in holy of 2
- and holy 2
- holy his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 34
- Leviticus 15
- Psalms 15
- Numbers 7
- Deuteronomy 7
- Nehemiah 3
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:24In contextAnd his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
- Zechariah 14:5In contextAnd ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
- Exodus 19:6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
- Exodus 29:31And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
- Leviticus 6:16And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
- Leviticus 6:26The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
All 106 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
קָדוֹשׁ qadosh · holy
: holy sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “holy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HO'LY, adjective
- Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense.“Be ye holy; for I am holy” 1 Peter 1:16
- Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use, or to the service or worship of God; a sense frequent in Scripture; as the holy sabbath; holy oil; holy vessels; a holy nation; the holy temple; a holy priesthood.
- Proceeding from pious principles, or directed to pious purposes; as holy zeal.
- Perfectly just and good; as the holy law of God.
All definitions
- Sacred; as a holy witness.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.