Holiness
קֹ֫דֶשׁStrong’s H6944qodesh (qo-desh)
Appears in 382 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Holiness: set apart, wholly other, belonging to God. The Most Holy Place, the Sabbath and God's own name are called holy. God calls his people to be holy as he is holy (Leviticus 11:44).
“Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.”
Meaning
- Apartness, holiness, sacredness, separatenessapartness, sacredness, holiness · set-apartness, separateness
- This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness
- This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness
How it's translated
- holiness 102
- the holy place 61
- a holy thing 35
- holiness his 29
- holiness my 28
- the holy things 21
- holiness your 20
- in the holy place 15
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 70
- Exodus 53
- Numbers 48
- Psalms 45
- Ezekiel 38
- 2 Chronicles 24
29 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:13In contextThen 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?
- Daniel 8:14In contextAnd he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- Daniel 9:16In contextO LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
- Daniel 9:20In contextAnd whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
- Daniel 9:24In contextSeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- Daniel 9:26In contextAnd after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
All 382 verses, by book
- Exodus 53
- 3:512:1615:1115:1316:2322:3126:3326:3428:228:428:2928:3528:3628:3828:4329:629:2929:3029:3329:3429:3730:1030:1330:2430:2530:2930:3130:3230:3530:3630:3731:1031:1131:1431:1535:235:1935:2136:136:336:436:637:2938:2438:2538:2638:2739:139:3039:4140:940:1040:13
- Leviticus 70
- 2:32:104:65:155:166:176:256:296:307:17:68:910:410:1010:1210:1710:1812:414:1316:216:316:416:1616:1716:2016:2316:2716:3216:3319:819:2420:321:621:2222:222:322:422:622:722:1022:1222:1422:1522:1622:3223:223:323:423:723:823:2023:2123:2423:2723:3523:3623:3724:925:1227:327:927:1027:1427:2127:2327:2527:2827:3027:3227:33
- Numbers 48
- 3:283:313:323:473:504:44:124:154:164:194:205:95:106:207:97:137:197:257:317:377:437:497:557:617:677:737:797:857:868:1918:318:518:818:918:1018:1618:1718:1918:3228:728:1828:2528:2629:129:729:1231:635:25
- 2 Chronicles 24
- 3:83:104:225:15:55:75:118:1115:1820:2123:624:729:529:729:3330:1930:2731:631:1231:1431:1835:335:535:13
- Psalms 45
- 2:63:45:711:415:120:220:624:328:229:230:433:2143:347:848:151:1160:663:268:568:1768:2474:377:1378:5479:187:189:2089:3593:596:997:1298:199:9102:19103:1105:3105:42106:47108:7110:3114:2134:2138:2145:21150:1
- Proverbs 1
- 20:25
- Isaiah 23
- 6:1311:923:1827:1335:843:2848:252:152:1056:757:1358:1362:962:1263:1063:1163:1563:1864:1064:1165:1165:2566:20
- Lamentations 1
- 4:1
- Ezekiel 38
- 20:3920:4022:822:2628:1436:2036:2136:2236:3839:739:2541:441:2141:2342:1342:1442:2043:743:843:1244:844:1344:1944:2344:2745:145:245:345:445:645:746:1948:1048:1248:1448:1848:2048:21
- Micah 1
- 1:2
- Habakkuk 1
- 2:20
- Haggai 1
- 2:12
- Malachi 1
- 2:11
Hebrew dictionary
קֹ֫דֶשׁ qodesh · holiness
1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness
קֹ֫דֶשׁ qodesh · Most Holy Place
This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness Also named: hagion (ἅγιον "Most Holy Place" G0039H)
קֹ֫דֶשׁ qodesh · Holy Place
This name means apartness, holiness, sacredness Also named: hagion (ἅγιον "Holy Place" G0039)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “holiness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HO'LINESS, noun
[from holy.]
The state of being holy; purity or integrity of moral character; freedom from sin; sanctity. Applied to the Supreme Being, holiness denotes perfect purity or integrity of moral character, one of his essential attributes.
- “Who is like thee, glorious in holiness?” Exodus 15:11
- Applied to human beings, holiness is purity of heart or dispositions; sanctified affections; piety; moral goodness, but not perfect.
- Sacredness; the state of any thing hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; applied to churches or temples.
- That which is separated to the service of God.“Israel was holiness unto the Lord” Jeremiah 2:3
All definitions
- A title of the pope, and formerly of the Greek emperors.
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.