קָדַשׁ
to consecrate
also: sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed fuller range ↓
H6942
Strong's Hebrew
qâdash
Transliteration
/kaw-dash'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
173
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate
- (Qal)
- to be set apart, be consecrated
- to be hallowed
- consecrated, tabooed
- (Niphal)
- to show oneself sacred or majestic
- to be honoured, be treated as sacred
- to be holy
- (Piel)
- to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate
- to observe as holy, keep sacred
- to honour as sacred, hallow
- to consecrate
- (Pual)
- to be consecrated
- consecrated, dedicated
- (Hiphil)
- to set apart, devote, consecrate
- to regard or treat as sacred or hallow
- to consecrate
- (Hithpael)
- to keep oneself apart or separate
- to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God)
- to be observed as holy
- to consecrate oneself
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘set apart as sacred’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘set apart’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘keep oneself apart from unclean things Lv 11’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘shew oneself sacred’
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘be set apart’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel.
Form
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 58 distinct
- Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct 13 times (8%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 12 times (7%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 11 times (6%)
- Verb, Piel, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 10 times (6%)
- Verb, Piel, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Construct 9 times (5%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 8 times (5%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 7 times (4%)
- Verb, Hithpael, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 7 times (4%)
+50 more forms (96 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 173 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H6942 appears — 154 distinct verses across 23 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Exodus 25 verses
- Exodus 13:2 קַדֶּשׁ Piel impv 2ms "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."
- Exodus 19:10 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֥/ם conj + Piel wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
- Exodus 19:14 וַ/יְקַדֵּשׁ֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
- Exodus 19:22 יִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Hithpael impf 3mp Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."
- Exodus 19:23 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתּֽ/וֹ conj + Piel wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you charged us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"
- Exodus 20:8 לְ/קַדְּשֽׁ/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- Exodus 20:11 וַֽ/יְקַדְּשֵֽׁ/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
- Exodus 28:3 לְ/קַדְּשׁ֖/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 28:38 יַקְדִּ֨ישׁוּ֙ Hiphil impf 3mp It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall make holy in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before Yahweh.
- Exodus 28:41 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 29:1 לְ/קַדֵּ֥שׁ prep + Piel inf.cs "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
- Exodus 29:21 וְ/קָדַ֥שׁ conj + Qal wpf 3ms You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
- Exodus 29:27 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֞ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
- Exodus 29:33 לְ/קַדֵּ֣שׁ prep + Piel inf.cs They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
- Exodus 29:36 לְ/קַדְּשֽׁ/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Every day shall you offer the bull of sin-offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
- Exodus 29:37 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ יִקְדָּֽשׁ conj + Piel wpf 2ms Qal impf 3ms Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
- Exodus 29:43 וְ/נִקְדַּ֖שׁ conj + Niphal wpf 3ms There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.
- Exodus 29:44 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתִּ֛י אֲקַדֵּ֖שׁ conj + Piel wpf 1cs Piel impf 1cs I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar: Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 30:29 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֣ יִקְדָּֽשׁ conj + Piel wpf 2ms Qal impf 3ms You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
- Exodus 30:30 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 31:13 מְקַדִּשְׁ/כֶֽם Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2mp "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
- Exodus 40:9 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tent, and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture: and it will be holy.
- Exodus 40:10 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֙ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy.
- Exodus 40:11 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
- Exodus 40:13 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
Leviticus 29 verses
- Leviticus 6:18 יִקְדָּֽשׁ Qal impf 3ms Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"
- Leviticus 6:27 יִקְדָּ֑שׁ Qal impf 3ms Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
- Leviticus 8:10 וַ/יְקַדֵּ֖שׁ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
- Leviticus 8:11 לְ/קַדְּשָֽׁ/ם prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
- Leviticus 8:12 לְ/קַדְּשֽׁ/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
- Leviticus 8:15 וַֽ/יְקַדְּשֵׁ֖/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
- Leviticus 8:30 וַ/יְקַדֵּ֤שׁ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
- Leviticus 10:3 אֶקָּדֵ֔שׁ Niphal impf 1cs Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, "'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, And before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
- Leviticus 11:44 וְ/הִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙ conj + Hithpael wpf 2mp For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
- Leviticus 16:19 וְ/קִדְּשׁ֔/וֹ conj + Piel wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 20:7 וְ/הִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם conj + Hithpael wpf 2mp "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.
- Leviticus 20:8 מְקַדִּשְׁ/כֶֽם Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
- Leviticus 21:8 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתּ֔/וֹ מְקַדִּשְׁ/כֶֽם conj + Piel wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
- Leviticus 21:15 מְקַדְּשֽׁ/וֹ Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"
- Leviticus 21:23 מְקַדְּשָֽׁ/ם Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3mp He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
- Leviticus 22:2 מַקְדִּשִׁ֛ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp "Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 22:3 יַקְדִּ֤ישׁוּ Hiphil impf 3mp Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 22:9 מְקַדְּשָֽׁ/ם Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "'They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- Leviticus 22:16 מְקַדְּשָֽׁ/ם Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3mp and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
- Leviticus 22:32 וְ/נִ֨קְדַּשְׁתִּ֔י מְקַדִּשְׁ/כֶֽם conj + Niphal wpf 1cs Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
- Leviticus 25:10 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתֶּ֗ם conj + Piel wpf 2mp You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
- Leviticus 27:14 יַקְדִּ֨שׁ Hiphil impf 3ms "'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall evaluate it, so shall it stand.
- Leviticus 27:15 הַ/מַּקְדִּ֔ישׁ ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
- Leviticus 27:16 יַקְדִּ֥ישׁ Hiphil impf 3ms "'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
- Leviticus 27:17 יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ Hiphil impf 3ms If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
- Leviticus 27:18 יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ Hiphil impf 3ms But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation.
- Leviticus 27:19 הַ/מַּקְדִּ֖ישׁ ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his.
- Leviticus 27:22 יַקְדִּ֖ישׁ Hiphil impf 3ms "'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,
- Leviticus 27:26 יַקְדִּ֥ישׁ Hiphil impf 3ms "'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.
Numbers 10 verses
- Numbers 3:13 הִקְדַּ֨שְׁתִּי Hiphil pf 1cs for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."
- Numbers 6:11 וְ/קִדַּ֥שׁ conj + Piel wpf 3ms The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
- Numbers 7:1 וַ/יְקַדֵּ֤שׁ וַ/יְקַדֵּ֥שׁ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms conj + Piel wimpf 3ms It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;
- Numbers 8:17 הִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי Hiphil pf 1cs For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
- Numbers 11:18 הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ Hithpael impv 2mp Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
- Numbers 16:37 קָדֵֽשׁוּ Qal pf 3cp Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder; for they are holy,
- Numbers 16:38 וַ/יִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
- Numbers 20:12 לְ/הַ֨קְדִּישֵׁ֔/נִי prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
- Numbers 20:13 וַ/יִּקָּדֵ֖שׁ conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
- Numbers 27:14 לְ/הַקְדִּישֵׁ֥/נִי prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
Deuteronomy 4 verses
- Deuteronomy 5:12 לְ/קַדְּשׁ֑/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms "Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Yahweh your God commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 15:19 תַּקְדִּ֖ישׁ Hiphil impf 2ms All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.
- Deuteronomy 22:9 תִּקְדַּ֗שׁ Qal impf 2fs You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard.
- Deuteronomy 32:51 קִדַּשְׁתֶּם֙ Piel pf 2mp because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of the children of Israel.
Joshua 3 verses
- Joshua 3:5 הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Hithpael impv 2mp Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.
- Joshua 7:13 קַדֵּ֣שׁ הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ Piel impv 2ms Hithpael impv 2mp Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel; you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you.
- Joshua 20:7 וַ/יַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 7:1 קִדְּשׁ֔וּ Piel pf 3cp The men of Kiriath Jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Yahweh, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 16:5 הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ וַ/יְקַדֵּ֤שׁ Hithpael impv 2mp conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 21:5 יִקְדַּ֥שׁ Qal impf 3ms David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 8:11 הִקְדִּ֛ישׁ הִקְדִּ֔ישׁ Hiphil pf 3ms Hiphil pf 3ms These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;
- 2 Samuel 11:4 מִתְקַדֶּ֖שֶׁת Hithpael ptcp.act fs David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 8:64 קִדַּ֨שׁ Piel pf 3ms The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
- 1 Kings 9:3 הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּי Hiphil pf 1cs Yahweh said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
- 1 Kings 9:7 הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי Hiphil pf 1cs then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 10:20 קַדְּשׁ֧וּ Piel impv 2mp Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. They proclaimed it.
- 2 Kings 12:18 הִקְדִּ֣ישׁוּ Hiphil pf 3cp Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 7 verses
- 1 Chronicles 15:12 הִֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ Hithpael impv 2mp and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:14 וַ/יִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ conj + Hithpael wimpf 3mp So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11 הִקְדִּ֞ישׁ Hiphil pf 3ms These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
- 1 Chronicles 23:13 לְֽ/הַקְדִּישׁ/וֹ֩ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
- 1 Chronicles 26:26 הִקְדִּ֜ישׁ Hiphil pf 3ms This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
- 1 Chronicles 26:27 הִקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ Hiphil pf 3cp Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28 הַֽ/הִקְדִּ֜ישׁ הַ/מַּקְדִּ֔ישׁ ptcl def.art + Hiphil pf 3ms ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.
2 Chronicles 21 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:4 לְ/הַקְדִּ֣ישׁ prep + Hiphil inf.cs Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 5:11 הִתְקַדָּ֔שׁוּ Hithpael pf 3cp It happened, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their divisions;
- 2 Chronicles 7:7 וַ/יְקַדֵּ֣שׁ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.
- 2 Chronicles 7:16 וְ/הִקְדַּ֨שְׁתִּי֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20 הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי Hiphil pf 1cs then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- 2 Chronicles 15:18 וְ/קָֽדָשָׁ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
- 2 Chronicles 26:18 הַ/מְקֻדָּשִׁ֖ים ptcl def.art + Pual ptcp.pass mp and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It pertains not to you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from Yahweh God.
- 2 Chronicles 29:5 הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֗וּ וְ/קַדְּשׁוּ֙ Hithpael impv 2mp conj + Piel impv 2mp and said to them, Hear me, you Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
- 2 Chronicles 29:15 וַ/יִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ conj + Hithpael wimpf 3mp They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:17 לְ/קַדֵּשׁ֒ וַ/יְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ prep + Piel inf.cs conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
- 2 Chronicles 29:19 וְ/הִקְדָּ֑שְׁנוּ conj + Hiphil pf 1cp Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 יִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ לְ/הִתְקַדֵּ֖שׁ Hithpael impf 3mp prep + Hithpael inf.cs But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- 2 Chronicles 30:3 הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ Hithpael pf 3cp For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 הִקְדִּ֣ישׁ Hiphil pf 3ms Now don't you be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 30:15 וַ/יִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ conj + Hithpael wimpf 3mp Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 30:17 הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ לְ/הַקְדִּ֖ישׁ Hithpael pf 3cp prep + Hiphil inf.cs For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 וַ/יִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ conj + Hithpael wimpf 3mp For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 31:6 הַ/מְקֻדָּשִׁ֖ים ptcl def.art + Pual ptcp.pass mp The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps.
- 2 Chronicles 31:18 יִתְקַדְּשׁוּ Hithpael impf 3mp and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.
- 2 Chronicles 35:6 וְ/הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ conj + Hithpael impv 2mp Kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14 הִקְדִּ֖ישׁ Hiphil pf 3ms Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Yahweh which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 3 verses
- Nehemiah 3:1 קִדְּשׁ֔וּ/הוּ קִדְּשׁ֔וּ/הוּ Piel pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms Piel pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 12:47 וּ/מַקְדִּשִׁים֙ מַקְדִּשִׁ֖ים conj + Hiphil ptcp.act mp Hiphil ptcp.act mp All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart [that which was] for the Levites; and the Levites set apart [that which was] for the sons of Aaron.
- Nehemiah 13:22 לְ/קַדֵּ֖שׁ prep + Piel inf.cs I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.
Job 1 verse
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 5:16 נִקְדָּ֖שׁ Niphal ptcp.act ms But Yahweh of Hosts is exalted in justice, And God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
- Isaiah 8:13 תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ Hiphil impf 2mp Yahweh of hosts, him shall you sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
- Isaiah 13:3 לִ/מְקֻדָּשָׁ֑/י prep + Pual ptcp.pass mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I have commanded my consecrated ones, yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
- Isaiah 29:23 יַקְדִּ֣ישֽׁוּ וְ/הִקְדִּ֨ישׁוּ֙ Hiphil impf 3mp conj + Hiphil wpf 3cp But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yes, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 30:29 הִתְקַדֶּשׁ Hithpael inf.cs You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel.
- Isaiah 65:5 קְדַשְׁתִּ֑י/ךָ Qal pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
- Isaiah 66:17 הַ/מִּתְקַדְּשִׁ֨ים ptcl def.art + Hithpael ptcp.act mp Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 9 verses
- Jeremiah 1:5 הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑י/ךָ Hiphil pf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
- Jeremiah 6:4 קַדְּשׁ֤וּ Piel impv 2mp Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
- Jeremiah 12:3 וְ/הַקְדִּשֵׁ֖/ם conj + Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx pers 3mp But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 17:22 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתֶּם֙ conj + Piel wpf 2mp neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
- Jeremiah 17:24 וּ/לְ/קַדֵּשׁ֙ conj + prep + Piel inf.cs It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
- Jeremiah 17:27 לְ/קַדֵּשׁ֙ prep + Piel inf.cs But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 22:7 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתִּ֥י conj + Piel wpf 1cs I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
- Jeremiah 51:27 קַדְּשׁ֤וּ Piel impv 2mp Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.
- Jeremiah 51:28 קַדְּשׁ֨וּ Piel impv 2mp Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, the governors of it, and all the deputies of it, and all the land of their dominion.
Ezekiel 15 verses
- Ezekiel 7:24 מְקַֽדְשֵׁי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.
- Ezekiel 20:12 מְקַדְּשָֽׁ/ם Piel ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- Ezekiel 20:20 קַדֵּ֑שׁוּ Piel impv 2mp and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
- Ezekiel 20:41 וְ/נִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֥י conj + Niphal wpf 1cs As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 28:22 וְ/נִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי conj + Niphal wpf 1cs and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Sidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of you; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
- Ezekiel 28:25 וְ/נִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי conj + Niphal wpf 1cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
- Ezekiel 36:23 וְ/קִדַּשְׁתִּ֞י בְּ/הִקָּדְשִׁ֥/י conj + Piel wpf 1cs prep + Niphal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 37:28 מְקַדֵּ֖שׁ Piel ptcp.act ms The nations shall know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them forevermore.
- Ezekiel 38:16 בְּ/הִקָּדְשִׁ֥/י prep + Niphal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 38:23 וְ/הִתְקַדִּשְׁתִּ֔י conj + Hithpael wpf 1cs I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:27 וְ/נִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי conj + Niphal wpf 1cs when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 44:19 יְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ Piel impf 3mp When they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.
- Ezekiel 44:24 יְקַדֵּֽשׁוּ Piel impf 3mp In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.
- Ezekiel 46:20 לְ/קַדֵּ֥שׁ prep + Piel inf.cs He said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering and the sin-offering, [and] where they shall bake the meal-offering; that they not bring them forth into the outer court, to sanctify the people.
- Ezekiel 48:11 הַֽ/מְקֻדָּשׁ֙ ptcl def.art + Pual ptcp.pass ms [It shall be] for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my charge, who didn't go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
Joel 4 verses
- Joel 1:14 קַדְּשׁוּ Piel impv 2mp Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, And all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, And cry to Yahweh.
- Joel 2:15 קַדְּשׁוּ Piel impv 2mp Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
- Joel 2:16 קַדְּשׁ֤וּ Piel impv 2mp Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, And the bride out of her chamber.
- Joel 3:9 קַדְּשׁ֖וּ Piel impv 2mp Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war. Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
Micah 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
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At its core, קדש (qâdash) means “to consecrate.” Where the King James Version says “sanctify,” newer translations reach for “consecrate” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. With 154 verses in 23 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. First canonically at Genesis 2:3, it enters the text early. The verb spans 6 stems, from Qal to Niphal. See the sense tree, 154-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
appoint
Modern gloss
to consecrate
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H6942 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 154
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 154 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #269
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 269 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Leviticus 29 verses 19%
- Exodus 25 verses 16%
- 2 Chronicles 21 verses 14%
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 154 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 69 verses · 45%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 52 verses · 34%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 33 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Sanctify 38×, Sanctified 15×, Hallow 9×
- American Standard Version: Sanctify 26×, Sanctified 9×, Hallow 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Consecrate 18×, Consecrate yourselves 6×, Consecrated 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Consecrate 14×, Apart 9×, Consecrated 9×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6942 across 173 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 55 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6942 across 170 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 67 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6942 across 168 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 66 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6942 across 194 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 69 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
36 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 36 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ Ex 29:21; sf. קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ Is 65:5; 3 mpl. קָדֵ֑שׁוּ Nu 17:2; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְדַּשׁ 1 S 21:6; יִקְדָּ֑שׁ Ex 29:37 +, etc.;— e.g. Exodus 29:21
- 1. be set apart, consecrated, hallowed, of shew-bread 1 S 21:6 (dub. passage, but cf. especially RSSem. i. 436; 2nd ed. 455 [also DrSm. 293], who proposes יְקֻדַּשׁ); Aaron and his sons by blood Ex 29:21 (P); other persons Is 65:5 (Di; but Pi. Gei RSSem. i, 431; 2nd ed. 451 Che Du Buhl). e.g. 1 Samuel 21:6
- 2. be hallowed, by contact with sacred things, and so tabooed from profane use, or forfeited to sanctuary Ex 29:37; 30:29 Lv 6:11, 20; Nu 17:2, 3 (P), Hg 2:12. e.g. Exodus 29:37
- 3. consecrated, tabooed (supr.) Dt 22:9 (law against mixtures). e.g. Deuteronomy 22:9
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִקְדַּשׁ Is 5:16 Ex 29:43, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקָּדֵשׁ Nu 20:13; 1 s. אֶקָּדֵשׁ Lv 10:3; Inf. cstr. sf. הִקָּֽדְשִׁי Ez 36:23; 38:16;— e.g. Isaiah 5:16
- 1. shew oneself sacred, majestic: c. בְּ pers., + לְעֵינֵי Ez 20:41; 28:25; 36:23; 38:16; 39:27; c. בְּ Is 5:16 Ez 28:22, cf. Nu 20:13 (P). e.g. Ezekiel 20:41
- 2. be honoured or treated as sacred ‖ נכבד Lv 10:3 (P); opp. חלּל שׁם Lv 22:32 (P). e.g. Leviticus 10:3
- 3. be consecrated, dedicated, by כבוד י׳ Ex 29:43 (P). e.g. Exodus 29:43
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. קִדַּשׁ Nu 6:11 1 K 8:64, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יְקַדֵּשׁ Gn 2:3 +, etc.; Imv. ms. קַדֵּשׁ Jos 7:13; קַדֶּשׁ־ Ex 13:2, etc.; Inf. cstr. קַדֵּשׁ Ex 29:1 +, etc.; Pt. מְקַדֵּשׁ Ex 37:28; sf. מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם Ex 31:13 +, etc.;— e.g. Numbers 6:11
- 1. set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate:
- a. places: Sinai Ex 19:23 (J), altar, etc., Ex 29:36, 37; 30:29 (P), tabern., etc. Ex 40:9, 10, 11 Lv 8:10, 11, 15; Nu 7:1(×2) (P); tent of meeting Ex 29:44 (P); place of sacrifice 1 K 8:64 = 2 Ch 7:7; gate Ne 3:1(×2);—Ez 7:24 v. מִקְדָּשׁ infr. e.g. Exodus 19:23
- b. wave-offering Ex 29:27 (P). e.g. Exodus 29:27
- c. persons: priests Ex 28:3, 41; 29:1, 33, 44; 30:30; 40:13; Lv 8:12, 30; firstborn Ex 13:2 (P); keepers of ark 1 S 7:1. e.g. Exodus 28:3
- d. 7th day (by God) Gn 2:3; Ex 20:11 (P). e.g. Genesis 2:3
- 2. observe as holy, keep sacred: feasts, Sabbath Ex 20:8 = Dt 5:12 (Decal.), Je 17:22, 24, 27; Ez 20:20; 44:24; Ne 13:22; fast Jo 1:14; 2:15; year of Jubilee Lv 25:10 (P); so עצרה לבעל 2 K 10:20. e.g. Exodus 20:8
- 3. honour as sacred, hallow:
- a. God Dt 32:51, his name Ez 36:23. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:51
- b. priest Lv 21:8 (H). e.g. Leviticus 21:8
- 4. consecrate by purification:
- a. places, house of י׳ 2 Ch 29:5, 17(×2), altar מִטֻּמְאֹה, Lv 16:19. e.g. 2 Chronicles 29:5
- b. people העם Jos 7:13 (J), Ez 44:19; 46:20; by washing Ex 19:10, 14 (E); קהל for fast Jo 2:16; Nazirite Nu 6:11 (P), sons of Job Jb 1:5; family for sacrif. 1 S 16:5. e.g. Joshua 7:13
- c. war, or warriors, from custom of opening campaign by sacrifice, (עַל) ק׳ מִלְחָמָה Je 6:4 Jo 4:9 Mi 3:5; Je 22:7; 51:27, 28. e.g. Jeremiah 6:4
- d. of God, keeping his people pure and sacred: אני יהוה מְקַדֵּשׁ Ex 31:13; Lv 20:8; 21:8, 15, 23; 22:9, 16, 32 (H); Ez 20:12; 37:28. e.g. Exodus 31:13
Pual
- Pt. מְקֻדָּשׁ Ez 48:11, etc.;—consecrated, dedicated: priests 2 Ch 26:18 Ez 48:11 (read pl.), things 2 Ch 31:6, feasts Ezr 3:5, warriors Is 13:3. e.g. Ezekiel 48:11
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הִקְדִּישׁ Zp 1:7 +, etc.; Impf. יַקְדִּישׁ Lv 27:16 + 4 times, יַקְדִּשׁ Lv 27:14, etc.; Imv. sf. הַקְדִּשֵׁם Je 12:3; Inf. abs. הַקְדֵּשׁ Ju 17:3; cstr. הַקְדִּישׁ 2 Ch 2:3 +, etc.; Pt. מַקְדִּישׁ Lv 27:15 +, etc. e.g. Zephaniah 1:7
- 1. set apart, devote, consecrate:
- a. places, temple 2 Ch 2:3, city Jos 20:7 (P). e.g. 2 Chronicles 2:3
- b. things Ex 28:38 Lv 22:2, 3 (P); 2 K 12:19; 1 Ch 23:13; 26:26, 27, 28(×2); Ne 12:47 (×2); money Ju 17:3(×2); spoil 2 S 8:11(×2) = 1 Ch 18:11; field Lv 27:16, 17, 18, 19, 22 (H); house Lv 27:14, 15 (H); firstlings Dt 15:19 (D) Lv 27:26 (H). e.g. Exodus 28:38
- c. of God: consecrate temple 1 K 9:3, 7 = 2 Ch 7:16; 20, 2 Ch 30:8; 36:14; prophet Je 1:5; firstborn Nu 3:18; 8:17 (P); devote wicked (as sheep) for sacrifice Je 12:3. e.g. 1 Kings 9:3
- 2. regard, or treat, as sacred, hallow: God Is 8:13; 29:23(×2); + לְעֵינֵי pers. Nu 20:12; 27:14. e.g. Isaiah 8:13
- 3. consecrate by purification: vessels 2 Ch 29:19; persons for passover 30:17; guests for sacrif. feast Zp 1:7 (God subj.). e.g. 2 Chronicles 29:19
Hithpael
- Pf. 1 s. הִתְקַדִּשְׁתִּי Ez 38:23, 2 mpl. (consec.) -דִּשְׁתֶּם Lv 11:44; 20:7, 3 pl. הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ 2 Ch 5:11; 30:17, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִתְקַדְּשׁוּ 2 Ch 29:34 +; יִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Ex 19:22; Imv. mpl. הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ Nu 11:18 +; הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ Jos 3:5; Inf. cstr. הִתְקַדֵּשׁ 2 Ch 29:34; הִתְקַדֶּשׁ־ Is 30:29; Pt. fs. מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת 2 S 11:4; pl. מִתְקַדְּשִׁים Is 66:17;— e.g. Ezekiel 38:23
- 1. keep oneself apart from unclean things Lv 11:44; 20:7 (P). e.g. Leviticus 11:44
- 2. of God, cause himself to be hallowed, לְעֵינֵי גּוֹיִם Ez 38:23. e.g. Ezekiel 38:23
- 3. be observed as holy, of feast Is 30:29. e.g. Isaiah 30:29
- 4. consecrate oneself by purification, of priests and Levites Ex 19:22 (J); 1 Ch 15:12, 14; 2 Ch 5:11; 29:5, 15, 34(×2) 30:3, 15, 24; 31:18; 35:6; of people Nu 11:18; Jos 3:5; 7:13 (J); 1 S 16:5; 2 Ch 30:17; Is 66:17; woman 2 S 11:4 she having (just) purified herself מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ RSK. 276 Dr HPS. e.g. Exodus 19:22
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. denom. be set apart, consecrated (Gerber238 ff.);—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
קָדשׁ
- , v. קָדוֹשׁ
קָדַשׁ
- (b. h.) [to be cut off, separated, v. Ges. Hebr. Dict.12 s. v.; cmp. פָּרַשׁ,] to be, become pure, sacred, holy. Y. Sabb. III, 5ᵈ bot.; ib. IV, end, 7ᵃ ק׳ עליו היום the day became holy upon him, i.e. the Sabbath commenced while he was engaged in doing something. Meïl. II, 8 (10ᵃ) קָדְשׁוּ בכלים (Talm. ed. קדשן) after they have become sacred by being put in a sacred vessel (v. infra); Shebu. 11ᵃ (Ms. F. קידשן). Bekh. 4ᵇ קדשו בכורות וכ׳ the firstborn in the desert were consecrated; a. fr.
- 1. to sanctify, esp. ק׳ שם שמים, or ק׳ את השם to sanctify the name of the Lord, to manifest fidelity to religion by noble deeds, by martyrdom &c. Sot. 10ᵇ; 36ᵇ יוסף שק׳ שם וכ׳ Joseph who sanctified the name … in secret (when he resisted temptation); יהודה שק׳ וכ׳ Judah who sanctified … in public (when he admitted his guilt, Gen. XXXVIII, 26); a. fr. e.g. Genesis 38:26
- 2. to sanctify, consecrate; to purify, keep pure. Ber. 17ᵃ טהר וקַדֵּשׁ עצמך מכל וכ׳ keep thyself clean and pure (aloof) from every guilt &c. Yoma 39ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XI, 44) … אדם מְקַדֵּשׁ מְקַדְּשִׁין אותו הרבה if a man sanctifies himself a little (trains himself to self-restraint), they (the divine agencies) will help him much to sanctify him; מלמטה מקדשין אותו מלמעלה if he (sanctifies himself) below, they will sanctify him from above; בעולם הזה מקדשין וכ׳ he in this world, they will declare him holy in the hereafter. Yeb. 20ᵃ, a. e. קדש עצמך במותר לך sanctify thyself by self-restraint from what is permitted to thee. Ḥag. 3ᵇ, a. e. קִדְּשָׁהּ לשעתה, v. קְדוּשָּׁה. Sebu. 15ᵃ … כל הכלים מְקַדַּשְׁתָּן as regards all vessels that Moses made, the ointing of them gave them their sacred character; Snh. 16ᵇ מקדשן (corr. acc.). Men. 95ᵇ תנור מְקַדֵּשׁ the oven (the baking of the showbread) gives it its sacred character. Ib. 100ᵃ כלי שרת מְקַדְּשִׁין the vessels of the service consecrate (the things put into them); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּדָּשׁ; f. מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְקוּדָּשִׁים &c. Sabb. 55ᵃ (ref. to Ez. IX, 6) א"ת מקדשי אלא מְקוּדָּשַׁי וכ׳ read not miḳdashi (my sanctuary) but m’ḳuddashai (my sanctified ones), that means those who fulfilled the whole Law &c.; Ab. Zar. 4ᵃ. Zeb. 115ᵇ (ref. to Ps. LXVIII, 36 מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ) read מִמְּקוּדָּשֶׁיךָ וכ׳ ‘from thy sanctified ones’, when the Lord passes judgment on his holy servants &c.; a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 11:44
- 3. (with, or sub., ידיו ורגליו) to wash hands and feet prior to a sacred act. Yoma III, 6. Ib. IV, 5. Ib. 22ᵃ; a. fr.
- 4. to prepare the water of lustration (Num. XIX). Par. VI, 1 המקדש ונפל הקִדּוּשׁ על ידו if he prepares the lustration, and some of the consecrated water falls upon his hand. Ib. 2 נוטל ומקדש he may take (of the ashes) and prepare the water with them. Ib. 3 המקדש בשוקת וכ׳ he who puts ashes into a large vessel of water; a. fr.
- 5. (of seasons) to proclaim the sanctity of esp., a) (ק׳ החדש) to proclaim in court that the new month had begun (v. infra). R. Hash. II, 7 אם לא … אין מקדשין אותו שכבד קִדְּשׁוּהוּ שמים unless the new moon is seen in its due time (on the evening of the twenty-ninth day), no announcement is made, for the heavens have already proclaimed it (and the new month begins with the thirty-first day). Ib. 24ᵃ בין כך שנים אתה מקדש וכ׳ … in neither case is the ceremony of announcement required, for we read (Lev. XXV, 10), ‘ye shall sanctify the fiftieth year’, years thou must sanctify &c. Ex. R. s. 15 אני ואתם נְקַדֵּשׁ את החדש I and you, let us (as a court) proclaim the month (of Nisan); a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. R. Hash. II, 7 ראש ב"ד אומר מק׳ וכ׳ the president of the court says, ‘(the new month is) proclaimed’, and all the people say after him, ‘proclaimed, proclaimed.’ Ib. III, 1 נחקרו … ולא הספיקו לומר מק׳ וכ׳ when the witnesses were examined, and the court had no time to say m’ḳuddash before night set in; a. e.—b) ק׳ השבת, היום to pronounce the sanctity of the Sabbath, the Holy Day &c., to recite the Sabbath or the festive benediction (over wine), to say Ḳiddush. Pes. 105ᵃ מי שלא ק׳ בע"ש מקדש וכ׳ he who fails to bless the Sabbath on the Sabbath eve, may do so during the entire day. Ib. 106ᵇ טעם אינו מקדש if a man tasted something without Ḳiddush, he must not bless the Sabbath; Ib. 107ᵃ טעם מקדש even if he has tasted something, he must bless the Sabbath. Ib. כגון זה ראוי לקַדֵּשׁ עליו a beverage like this is fit for Ḳiddush; a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 25:10
- 6. ק׳ אשה [to consecrate a woman,] a) to betroth (expl. Kidd. 2ᵇ לישנא דרבנן דאסר לה … כהקדש the rabbinical term, in place of the Biblical קנה,—because he makes her forbidden to others like a consecrated object, v. הֶקְדֵּשׁ). Kidd. II, 1 האיש מקדש בו וכ׳ a man may betroth a woman either in person or through a deputy. Ib. 41ᵃ אסור לאדם שיְקַדֵּשׁ … עד וכ׳ a man is forbidden to betroth a woman to himself, before he has seen her. Ib. II, 4 האומר … צא וקַדֵּשׁ … והלך וקִדְּשָׁהּ וכ׳ if a man said to his deputy, go and betroth to me that certain woman in that certain place, and he went and betrothed her in a different place, she is not betrothed (the betrothal is invalid); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּדֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְקוּדָּשׁוֹת. Ib. הרי זו מק׳ in such a case the betrothal is binding. Ib. 7; a. fr.—b) (of the father of a minor נַעֲרָה) to accept a betrothal in behalf of one’s daughter. Ib. 1 האיש מקדש את בתו וכ׳ a man may accept his daughter’s betrothal, if she is a naʿărah, either in person or through a deputy. Ib. 41ᵃ אסור לאדם שיקדש את בתו וכ׳ a man is forbidden to betroth his daughter as a child, (but must wait,) until she is grown up and says, I like this man; a. fr.
- 7. to cause a thing to be prohibited, esp. (by ref. to Deut. XXII, 9) by planting seeds in a vineyard, or vines among seeds; to cause condemnation. Kil. IV, 5 הזורע … ק׳ שורה אחת if a person sows within four cubits of a vineyard, he has caused the condemnation of one row of vines. Ib. V, 5 הרי זה מקדש ארבעים וכ׳ he has made forty-five vines forbidden. Ib. VII, 2 גפן … ואינה מְקַדֶּשֶׁת to plant seeds near a dried-up vine is forbidden, but it (the vine) does not cause the condemnation of the seeds. Ib. 3 אלו אוסרין ולא מְקַדְּשִׁין the following plants make the planting of seeds in their neighborhood forbidden, but do not cause condemnation of the seeds, if planted, or their own condemnation. Ib. 5 אין אדם מקדש דבר וכ׳ no man can cause condemnation of a thing not his own. Ib. הרי זה ק׳ וכ׳ he has caused the condemnation of his neighbor’s seeds and must pay damages; a. fr. e.g. Deuteronomy 22:9
- 1. to be sanctified, glorified as holy. Yeb. 79ᵃ מוטב … ויִתְקַדֵּשׁ שם וכ׳ let a letter of the Law be uprooted (disregarded), but let the name of God be sanctified in public. Tanḥ. Sh’mini 1 מִתְקַדֵּשׁ אני שם במכבדי there (at the dedication of the Tabernacle) I shall be sanctified by (the death of) those that honor me. Lev. R. s. 12; a. fr.
- 2. to be consecrated, dedicated; (of the New Moon) to be proclaimed. R. Hash. 21ᵇ יכול … עד שיִתְקַדְּשׁוּ וכ׳ you may have thought, as well as the Sabbath is to be disregarded (by the witnesses travelling to the seat of the court), until they (the months) are proclaimed, it may also be disregarded (by the messengers carrying the announcement), until they are established. Ex. R. s. 15 היה הכהן … והכלי מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת the priest received in it some sacred object, by which the vessel was consecrated; וכלי חול מִתְקַדֵּשׁ and a profane vessel became sacred. Shebu. 15ᵃ אין העזרה מִתְקַדֶּשֶׁת וכ׳ the Temple hall was not consecrated, until the priests ate therein the remnants of the meal-offering. Ib. 16ᵃ תחתונה נִתְקַדְּשָׁה בכל אלו the lower reservoir became consecrated through all these (ceremonies mentioned); a. fr.
- 3. (of mixed seeds) to be condemnable, condemned. Kil. VII, 7 מאימתי … מתקדשת from what time are seeds of grain (planted among vines) to be condemned? Ib. אין מִתְקַדְּשׁוֹת are not to be condemned; a. fr.
- 4. to be betrothed. Kidd. II, 1 האשה מתקדשת בה וכ׳ a woman may be betrothed in person or through her deputy. Ib. האומר … הִתְקַדְּשִׁי לי וכ׳ if a man says to a woman, be betrothed to me with this fig. Ib. 45ᵇ נִתְקַדְּשָׁה לדעת אביה וניסת וכ׳ if she (the minor) was betrothed with her father’s consent, but was married without it; a. fr.
- 5. to sanctify one’s self. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., ch. II, Par. 2 מי שהוא עתיד להִתְקַדֵּשׁ he that is ready to sanctify himself (by vowing a sacrifice).
- 1. to be sanctified; to become consecrated. Tem. 14ᵃ כאן לִיקָּדֵשׁ כאן ליקרב in the one case it refers to being consecrated (by being put in a sacred vessel), in the other to being offered. Bekh. 4ᵇ הוֹזהרו … ליקדש they were admonished concerning the firstborn, that they be consecrated; a. e.
- 2. to be betrothed. Kidd. 48ᵃ if she says, עשה לי … ואֶקָּדֵשׁ וכ׳ make for me chains &c., and I shall be betrothed unto thee.
- 1. to cause sanctification. Zeb. 115ᵇ לא מתו … להַקְדִּישׁ שמו וכ׳ thy (Aaron’s) sons died only in order to give thee an opportunity to sanctify the name of the Lord.
- 2. to sanctify, dedicate an object as Temple property (Lev. XXVII, 14-24). Arakh. VI, 2 המַקְדִּישׁ נכסיו וכ׳ if a person dedicates his property to the Temple, but owes his (divorced) wife her k’thubah (כְּתוּבָּה) &c. Ib. VII, 1 אין מַקְדִּישִׁין לפני היובל וכ׳ you cannot dedicate landed property within less than two or three years before the jubilee. Ib. 3 הִקְדִּישָׁהּ וגאלה if he dedicated and then redeemed it. Ib. 5 אין אדם מַקְדִּישׁ דבר וכ׳ nobody can dedicate a thing not belonging to him. B. Kam. VII, 2; a. v. fr. e.g. Leviticus 27:14
- to be dedicated, consecrated. Meïl. II, 8 המנחות … משהוּקְדָּשׁוּ the law concerning misappropriation of sacred things applies to meal-offerings as soon as they have been dedicated. Ib. 1 משהוּקְדָּשָׁה as soon as it has been designated for a sin-offering; a. fr.—Part. מוּקְדָּשׁ; f. מוּקְדֶּשֶׁת; pl. מוּקְדָּשִׁים &c. Ned. V, 6 (48ᵃ) אם … הרי הם מוק׳ לשמים if they are mine, be they dedicated to the Lord. Ib. כל מתנה … מקודשת אינה מתנה (read: מוקדשׁת) a gift which is not made so that if the recipient dedicates it to sacred use, it is dedicated, is no gift. Bekh. V, 1 כל פסולי המוק׳ all dedicated sacrifices which became unfit for the altar; a. fr.
קְדַשׁ
- , to be sanctified, sacred (v. קְדוֹשׁ). Shebu. 15ᵇ שתי הלחם … דקַדְשֵׁי (Rashi דמִיקַּדְּשֵׁי Ithpa.) it is through the slaughtering of the sheep that the two loaves received their sacred character. Bekh. 4ᵇ דקְדוּשׁ קדוש וכ׳ those firstborn that were consecrated, were consecrated &c.
- as preced. Pi., to sanctify; to proclaim; to betroth &c. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 41. Ib. XXIX, 1 לקַדָּשָׁא (Y. לקַדְשָׁא). Ib. 44; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Deut. XX, 7 (not דקָדֵישׁ; h. text ארש). Ib. XXII, 16 (h. text נתתי); a. e.—Shebu. 16ᵃ ועזרא קַדּוּשֵׁי ק׳ וכ׳ and Ezra consecrated (the various places), although the Urim and Tummim were no longer extant. Pes. 106ᵃ עיקר קידושא … דכי ק׳ תחלת יומא בעי לקַדּוּשֵׁי the actual sanctification of the Sabbath must take place in the evening, for when one sanctifies the Sabbath, one must sanctify the beginning of the day. Ib. ליקַדֵּישׁ לן וכ׳ please, sir, recite for us the great Ḳiddush, v. קִידּוּשָׁא. Ib. 101ᵃ לקדושי בביתא to recite the Ḳiddush in the house. Ib. 106ᵇ זימנין … מקדש אריפתא at times, when he cared more for bread, he recited the Ḳiddush over bread.—R. Hash. 25ᵃ זיל … וקַדְּשֵׁיה וכ׳ go to ‘En-Ṭab and proclaim the New Moon Day. Ib. אמר … בעינן לקדושי בך וכ׳ he said (to the moon), to-night we desire to initiate the new month through thee, and thou standest here? Ib.ᵇ ולִיקַדְּשֵׁיה בליליא Ms. M. and we may proclaim it at night. Shebu. 15ᵇ דעד דקַדֵּישׁ יומא וכ׳ so that immediately after one has recited the blessing at the exit of the day (הַבְדָּלָה), one might finish the building and consecrate it.—Kidd. 50ᵇ באתרא דמְקַדְּשֵׁי והדר מסבלי where it is customary to send the gifts after betrothal, v. סְבַל. Ib. 59ᵃ לקדושי … לבריה to betroth a wife for his son (as his deputy); a. v. fr.—Part. pass. מְקַדַּשׁ; f. מְקַדְּשָׁא, &c. Shebu. l. c. תרוייהו … מְקַדְּשֵׁי both of them are consecrated at the same time. Ib. חדא מי מק׳ how can even one of them be consecrated?—Pes. 101ᵃ ולא מק׳ לכו בבית אכילה (Ms. M. 2 מתקדש) and no Ḳiddush will be recited for you in your dining place; a. fr.
- ; Ithpe. אִיקְּדִישׁ to sanctify one’s self; to be sanctified; (of mixed seeds) to be condemnable; (of woman) to be betrothed. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 37. Targ. Lev. XX, 7. Targ. O. ib. X, 3; a. fr.—Kidd. 54ᵃ ירושלים מי מִיקַּדְּשָׁא is Jerusalem itself consecrated ground? Ned. 31ᵃ כיון דאיק׳ אברהם וכ׳ when Abraham was consecrated (as the bearer of religion), they (the Israelites) were called after him (they are no longer included among ‘the sons of Noah’).—Keth. 62ᵇ אי מִיקַּדַּשְׁנָא (some ed. מְקַדַּשְׁנָא) if I consent to be betrothed unto thee, wilt thou go to college? Ib. אִיקַּדְּשָׁא ליה וכ׳ she was betrothed to him in secret, and she sent him (Akiba) away (to study). Kidd. 9ᵃ אי … מִיקַּדְּשַׁת לי if I give it thee, wilt thou be betrothed to me? Ib. 12ᵃ אשה … לא מִיקַּדְּשָׁא a woman cannot be betrothed with a P’ruṭah; a. fr.—Pes. 105ᵃ זיל חזי אי מִקְּדִישׁ יומא (Ms. M. קדיש) go and see whether the sacred day has begun.
- 1. to sanctify, dedicate. Targ. Lev. XXVII, 14 (Y. ed. Vien. יִקְדַּשׁ). Ib. 15. Targ. Jud. XVII, 3; a. fr.
- 2. to betroth. Kidd. 9ᵇ עד דמַקְדִּישׁ והדר בעיל (Rashi דמקדש) until he betroth her and consummates. Ib. 12ᵃ ההוא גברא דא׳ וכ׳ a man betrothed a woman with a piece of &c., v. כּוֹחֲלָא. Ib. 12ᵇ; a. fr. (interch. with Pa.).
קַדֵּשׁ
- m., v. קַדִּישׁ
קָדֵשׁ
- [cut off, rejected, cmp. חרם] sodomite. Sifré Deut. 260 ק׳ חמור the sodomite whose crime is the severer one (v. infra).—Pl. קְדֵשִׁים. Esth. R. to I, 9 (expl. מעולל, Is. III, 12) ק׳ בהון sodomites were among them (with ref. to ויתעללו, Jud. XIX, 25).—Fem. קְדֵשָׁה prostitute. Sifré l. c. ק׳ קלה the Ḳ’deshah whose crime is a minor one (compared with that of the Ḳadesh). e.g. Isaiah 3:12
קֶדֶשׁ
- (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Kedesh in Naftali, one of the cities of refuge. Macc. 9ᵇ. Y. Meg. I, 70ᵃ bot., v. אַגָּנָא.
קַדַשׁ
- , v. נוּנָא
קֹדֶשׁ
- , v. קוֹדֶשׁ, קוֹדַשׁ, קוּדְשָׁא.
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Forms in the corpus
The 138 distinct written forms H6942 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 78 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6942, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מקדש miqdâsh H4720 sanctuary
- קדוש qâdôwsh H6918 holy
- קדש qôdesh H6944 holiness
- קדש qâdêsh H6945 male prostitute
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 145 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 154 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:3
- Exodus 13:2
- Leviticus 6:18
- Numbers 3:13
- Deuteronomy 5:12
- Joshua 3:5
- Judges 17:3
- 1 Samuel 7:1
- 2 Samuel 8:11
- 1 Kings 8:64
- 2 Kings 10:20
- 1 Chronicles 15:12
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
