קֹ֫דֶשׁ
holiness
also: apartness, sacredness, separateness fuller range ↓
H6944
Strong's Hebrew
qôdesh
Transliteration
/ko'-desh/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
467
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness
- apartness, sacredness, holiness
- of God
- of places
- of things
- set-apartness, separateness
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- 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.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
145 distinct verses where H6944 appears in the Construct state, across 24 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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.
Exodus 9 verses
- Exodus 15:13 קָדְשֶֽׁ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms "You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
- Exodus 26:33 הַ/קֹּ֔דֶשׁ קֹ֥דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִֽׁים ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
- Exodus 26:34 בְּ/קֹ֖דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִֽׁים prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
- Exodus 28:38 הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֗ים קָדְשֵׁי/הֶ֑ם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 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 29:37 קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֔ים n c ms cs n c mp 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 30:10 קֹֽדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים n c ms cs n c mp Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh."
- Exodus 30:29 קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֑ים n c ms cs n c mp You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
- Exodus 30:36 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp and you shall beat some of it very small, and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be to you most holy.
- Exodus 40:10 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִֽׁים n c ms cs n c mp You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy.
Leviticus 20 verses
- Leviticus 2:3 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a most holy thing of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
- Leviticus 2:10 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a thing most holy of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
- Leviticus 5:15 מִ/קָּדְשֵׁ֖י הַ/קֹּ֖דֶשׁ prep + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c ms "If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
- Leviticus 6:17 קֹ֤דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים֙ n c ms cs n c mp It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
- Leviticus 6:25 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 6:29 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
- Leviticus 7:1 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp "'This is the law of the trespass offering. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 7:6 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 10:12 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים n c ms cs n c mp Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;
- Leviticus 10:17 הַ/קֹּ֔דֶשׁ קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs n c mp "Why haven't you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahweh?
- Leviticus 14:13 הַ/קֹּ֑דֶשׁ קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs n c mp He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 19:8 קֹ֥דֶשׁ n c ms cs but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 20:3 קָדְשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
- Leviticus 21:22 מִ/קָּדְשֵׁ֖י הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֖ים prep + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
- Leviticus 22:2 מִ/קָּדְשֵׁ֣י קָדְשִׁ֑/י prep + n c mp cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "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 22:15 קָדְשֵׁ֖י n c mp cs The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
- Leviticus 22:16 קָדְשֵׁי/הֶ֑ם n c mp 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 קָדְשִׁ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs 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 24:9 קֹדֶשׁ֩ קָֽדָשִׁ֨ים n c ms cs n c mp It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute."
- Leviticus 27:28 קֹֽדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים n c ms cs n c mp "'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.
Numbers 6 verses
- Numbers 4:4 קֹ֖דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִֽׁים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.
- Numbers 4:19 קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
- Numbers 5:9 קָדְשֵׁ֧י n c mp cs Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.
- Numbers 5:10 קֳדָשָׁ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Every man's holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his."
- Numbers 18:9 מִ/קֹּ֥דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֖ים קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms cs n c mp This shall be your of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
- Numbers 18:10 בְּ/קֹ֥דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֖ים קֹ֖דֶשׁ prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp n c ms As the most holy things shall you eat of it; every male shall eat of it: it shall be holy to you.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 12:26 קָֽדָשֶׁ֛י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose:
- Deuteronomy 26:15 קָדְשְׁ/ךָ֜ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 6:16 לְ/קֹ֖דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִֽׁים prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
- 1 Kings 7:50 לְ/קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֗ים prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, of gold.
- 1 Kings 7:51 קָדְשֵׁ֣י n c mp cs Thus all the work that king Solomon worked in the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, [even] the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 8:6 קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 1 Kings 15:15 קָדְשֵׁ֣י ו/קדש/ו וְ/קָדְשֵׁ֖י n c mp cs conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + n c mp cs He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
2 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 1 Chronicles 16:10 קָדְשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Glory you in his holy name; Let the heart of them rejoice who seek Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 קָדְשֶׁ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Say you, Save us, God of our salvation, Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19 קֹ֣דֶשׁ n c ms cs Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 23:13 קֹ֨דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֤ים n c ms cs n c mp 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 29:16 קָדְשֶׁ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your own.
2 Chronicles 9 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֔ים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp He made the most holy house: the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- 2 Chronicles 3:10 קֹ֤דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁים֙ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp In the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
- 2 Chronicles 4:22 לְ/קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֗ים prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple, were of gold.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1 קָדְשֵׁ֣י n c mp cs Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קְּדָשִׁ֑ים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 15:18 קָדְשֵׁ֥י n c mp cs 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 24:7 קָדְשֵׁ֣י n c mp cs For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh did they bestow on the Baals.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 קָדְשׁ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 31:14 וְ/קָדְשֵׁ֖י הַ/קֳּדָשִֽׁים conj + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east [gate], was over the freewill-offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of Yahweh, and the most holy things.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 2:63 מִ/קֹּ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- Ezra 9:8 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 7:65 מִ/קֹּ֣דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
- Nehemiah 9:14 קָדְשְׁ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
Psalms 33 verses
- Psalms 2:6 קָדְשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."
- Psalms 3:4 קָדְשׁ֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I cry to Yahweh with my voice, And he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 5:7 קָ֝דְשְׁ/ךָ֗ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house: I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
- Psalms 11:4 קָדְשׁ֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
- Psalms 15:1 קָדְשֶֽׁ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?
- Psalms 20:6 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, With the saving strength of his right hand.
- Psalms 24:3 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill? Who may stand in his holy place?
- Psalms 28:2 קָדְשֶֽׁ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, When I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
- Psalms 30:4 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.
- Psalms 33:21 קָדְשׁ֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For our heart rejoices in him, Because we have trusted in his holy name.
- Psalms 43:3 קָ֝דְשְׁ/ךָ֗ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
- Psalms 47:8 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.
- Psalms 48:1 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Psalms 51:11 קָ֝דְשְׁ/ךָ֗ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't throw me from your presence, And don't take your holy Spirit from me.
- Psalms 60:6 בְּ/קָדְשׁ֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms God has spoken from his sanctuary: "I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, And measure out the valley of Succoth.
- Psalms 68:5 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
- Psalms 78:54 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
- Psalms 79:1 קָדְשֶׁ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
- Psalms 89:20 קָדְשִׁ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
- Psalms 89:35 בְ/קָדְשִׁ֑/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David.
- Psalms 97:12 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
- Psalms 98:1 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Sing to Yahweh a new song, For he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
- Psalms 99:9 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, For Yahweh, our God, is holy!
- Psalms 102:19 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
- Psalms 103:1 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- Psalms 105:3 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
- Psalms 105:42 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant.
- Psalms 106:47 קָדְשֶׁ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Save us, Yahweh, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise!
- Psalms 108:7 בְּ/קָדְשׁ֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
- Psalms 114:2 לְ/קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
- Psalms 138:2 קָדְשְׁ/ךָ֡ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms I will bow down toward your holy temple, And give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; For you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
- Psalms 145:21 קָדְשׁ֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
- Psalms 150:1 בְּ/קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
Isaiah 15 verses
- Isaiah 11:9 קָדְשִׁ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 52:10 קָדְשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 56:7 קָדְשִׁ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
- Isaiah 57:13 קָדְשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
- Isaiah 58:13 קָדְשִׁ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking [your own] words:
- Isaiah 62:9 קָדְשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh; and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
- Isaiah 63:10 קָדְשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] himself fought against them.
- Isaiah 63:11 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
- Isaiah 63:15 קָדְשְׁ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
- Isaiah 63:18 קָדְשֶׁ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Your holy people possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
- Isaiah 64:10 קָדְשְׁ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
- Isaiah 64:11 קָדְשֵׁ֣/נוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
- Isaiah 65:11 קָדְשִׁ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
- Isaiah 65:25 קָדְשִׁ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 66:20 קָדְשִׁ֛/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh.
Jeremiah 2 verses
- Jeremiah 23:9 קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.
- Jeremiah 25:30 קָדְשׁ/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Ezekiel 18 verses
- Ezekiel 20:39 קָדְשִׁ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go you, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name shall you no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
- Ezekiel 20:40 קָדְשִׁ֞/י קָדְשֵׁי/כֶֽם n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
- Ezekiel 22:8 קָדָשַׁ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
- Ezekiel 22:26 קָדָשַׁ/י֒ קֹ֤דֶשׁ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
- Ezekiel 36:20 קָדְשִׁ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.
- Ezekiel 36:21 קָדְשִׁ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.
- Ezekiel 36:22 קָדְשִׁ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.
- Ezekiel 39:7 קָדְשִׁ֜/י קָדְשִׁ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.
- Ezekiel 39:25 קָדְשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
- Ezekiel 41:4 קֹ֥דֶשׁ הַ/קֳּדָשִֽׁים n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c mp He measured the length of it, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.
- Ezekiel 42:13 הַ/קֹּ֗דֶשׁ קָדְשֵׁ֣י הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֑ים קָדְשֵׁ֣י הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c ms n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Then said he to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests who are near to Yahweh shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.
- Ezekiel 43:7 קָדְשִׁ֞/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He said to me, Son of man, [this is] the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, and by the dead bodies of their kings [in] their high places;
- Ezekiel 43:8 קָדְשִׁ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was [but] the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
- Ezekiel 43:12 קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָדָשִׁ֔ים n c ms cs n c mp This is the law of the house: on the top of the mountain the whole limit of it round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
- Ezekiel 44:8 קָדָשָׁ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You have not kept the charge of my holy things; but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
- Ezekiel 44:13 קָ֣דָשַׁ֔/י קָדְשֵׁ֖י הַ/קְּדָשִׁ֑ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
- Ezekiel 45:3 קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָדָשִֽׁים n c ms cs n c mp Of this measure shall you measure a length of twenty-five thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.
- Ezekiel 48:12 קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָדָשִׁ֑ים n c ms cs n c mp It shall be to them an offering from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
Daniel 3 verses
- Daniel 9:16 קָדְשֶׁ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach to all who are round about us.
- Daniel 9:20 קֹ֥דֶשׁ n c ms cs While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God;
- Daniel 9:24 קָדְשֶׁ֗/ךָ קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִֽׁים n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs n c mp Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
Joel 2 verses
- Joel 2:1 קָדְשִׁ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:
- Joel 3:17 קָדְשִׁ֑/י קֹ֔דֶשׁ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms "So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, Dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, And no strangers will pass through her any more.
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 2:7 קָדְשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And deny justice to the oppressed; And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
- Amos 4:2 בְּ/קָדְשׁ֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that behold, "The days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks.
Obadiah 1 verse
Jonah 2 verses
Micah 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
Malachi 1 verse
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קדש — transliterated qôdesh — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “holiness.” Where the King James Version says “holy,” newer translations reach for “holiness” (unfoldingWord Literal Text); the renderings breakdown has the detail. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 380 verses — common. Debuting at Exodus 3:5, it then recurs through the corpus. Alongside “holiness” the lexicon also lists “apartness”, “sacredness”, and “separateness” — part of its full sense range. See the sense tree, 380-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
consecrated
Modern gloss
holiness
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 H6944 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 →
- 380
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 380 distinct verses.
- 29 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 29 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #107
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 107 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By traditional corpus
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 380 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 173 verses · 46%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 106 verses · 28%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 101 verses · 27%
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: Holy 169×, Sanctuary 60×, Holiness 25×
- American Standard Version: Holy 158×, Sanctuary 65×, Holy things 21×
- Berean Standard Bible: Holy 167×, Sanctuary 43×, Sacred 28×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Holiness 120×, Holy 95×, Holy place 72×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6944 across 469 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 79 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 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6944 across 470 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 91 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 H6944 across 437 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 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 31 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6944 across 489 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
24 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
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 24 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.
- 1. apartness, sacredness, holiness, of God:
- a. of divine activity, syn. majesty, בַּקֹּדֶשׁ (of victory), Ex 15:11 (song) ψ 68:18; 77:14; זְרוֹעַ ק׳ holy arm Is 52:10 ψ 98:1. e.g. Exodus 15:11
- b. to attest his word as inviolable נשׁבע בק׳ Am 4:2 ψ 89:36; cf. דִּבְרֵי ק׳ Je 23:9, דְּבַר ק׳ ψ 105:42. e.g. Amos 4:2
- c. of his name as sacred, inviolable, separate from all defilement, etc.: שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי Lv 20:3; 22:2, 32 (P), Am 2:7 1 Ch 16:10, 35; 29:16 + 9 times Ez, 5 times ψψ; זֵכֶר ק׳ ψ 30:5 = 97:12; and so e.g. Leviticus 20:3
- d. רוּחַ קָדְשׁוֹ his holy Spirit Is 63:10, 11, cf. ψ 51:13. e.g. Isaiah 63:10
- 2. of places set apart as sacred by God’s presence:
- a. heavenly abode; מעון ק׳ Dt 26:15 Je 25:30; Zc 2:17; 2 Ch 30:27 ψ 68:6; הֵיכַל ק׳ Mi 1:2; Hb 2:20; Jon 2:5, 8 ψ 11:4; מְרוֹם ק׳ ψ 102:20; זְבֻל ק׳ Is 63:15; שְׁמֵי ק׳ ψ 20:7 כסּא ק׳ 47:9; בְּקָדְשׁוֹ 150:1. e.g. Deuteronomy 26:15
- b. on earth: אַדְמַת ק׳ Ex 3:5 (E), cf. Jos 5:15 (JE) 2 Ch 8:11; הַר קם אלהים Ez 28:14 (cf. p. 249 b). e.g. Exodus 3:5
- c. (only P and Ch) the tabernacle and its courts Ex 40:9 Nu 3:28 +; tabernacle by itself Ex 38:24; Lv 10:4 +; court Lv 10:17, 18 + (so קדשׁ הקדשׁים †Nu 18:10); the outer room (specific designation; הַקּ׳) Ex 26:33; 28:29 +; inner room Lv 4:6; 16:2 +, but specif. design. קדשׁ הקדשׁים Ex 26:33, 34; 1 Ch 6:34; שֶׁקֶל הק׳ shekel of the sanctuary Ex 30:13 + 24 times P. e.g. Exodus 40:9
- d. the temple and its precincts 2 Ch 29:7; Dn 8:13 +; שָׂרֵי ק׳ Is 43:28; 1 Ch 24:5; דבּר בְּקָדְשׁוֹ ψ 60:8 = 108:8 (oracle; al. by his holiness, as נשׁבעתי בקדשׁי 89:36), temple by itself 2 Ch 29:5; †בית (ה)ק׳ Is 64:10; 1 Ch 29:3; †הֵיכַל קדשׁך ψ 5:8 = 138:2, 79:1; הַקּ׳ outer room 1 K 8:10 = 2 Ch 5:11; courts of priests Ez 42:14; 44:27(×2); †חצרות קדשׁי Is 62:9; inner room Ez 41:21, 23, specif. †דְּבִיר קדשׁך ψ 28:2; †קדשׁ הקדשׁים 1 K 6:16; 7:50; 8:6; 2 Ch 3:8, 10; 4:22; 5:7; Ez 41:4; †לִשְׁכוֹת הַקּ׳ Ez 42:13; 44:19; 46:19 (v. לִשְׁכָּה 1 c). e.g. 2 Chronicles 29:7
- e. Jerus. and its hills: מקום קדשׁו Ezr 9:8, עיר הק׳ Is 48:2; 52:1; Ne 11:1, 18, ע׳ קדשׁך Dn 9:24, הר (ה)ק׳ Is 11:9 + 6 times Is 2:3; Je 31:23; Ez 20:40 Jo 2:1; 4:17; Ob 16; Zp 3:11; Zc 8:3; Dn 9:16, 20; 11:45 + 6 times ψψ; גְּבוּל ק׳ ψ 78:54, הַרֲרֵי ק׳ 87:1 prob. also 110:3, ק׳ of city and suburbs in Mess. future Je 31:40 Jo 4:17. Cf. e.g. Ezra 9:8
- f. (ה)קדשׁ of Zion Ob 17 ψ 20:3; 24:3; 63:3; 68:25, ק׳ קדשׁים Ez 43:12; נְוֵה ק׳ Ex 15:13 of Zion (or Shiloh). e.g. Obadiah 1:17
- g. of holy land Zp 3:4, אדמת הק׳ Zc 2:16, עָרֵי קדשׁך Is 64:9; future portion of priests ק׳ Ez 45:1(×2) + 11 times Ez; קדשׁ קדשׁים Ez 45:3; 48:12; of Levites קדשׁ Ez 48:14. e.g. Zephaniah 3:4
- 3. things consecrated at sacred places:
- a. furniture of tabern. †קדשׁ (ה)קדשׁים Ex 30:10, 29; Nu 4:4, 19; altar of burnt-offering Ex 29:37; 40:10; Dn 9:24; ארון הק׳ 2 Ch 35:3. e.g. Exodus 30:10
- b. sacrifices of animals Nu 18:17; Ez 36:38; 2 Ch 29:33; sacrificial food Lv 21:22; Nu 5:9 +; †קדשׁ (ה)קדשׁים Lv 2:3, 10; 6:10, 18, 22; 7:1, 6; 10:12, 17; 14:13; Nu 18:9(×2) (all P), Ez 42:13(×2) 2 Ch 31:14 Ezr 2:63 = Ne 7:65; tithe was קדשׁ Lv 27:30 +, also first loaves of new harvest Lv 23:20; fruit of trees of 4th year Lv 19:24. e.g. Numbers 18:17
- c. any consecrated thing: ‖ vows Dt 12:26; Pr 20:25 +, house Lv 27:14, field Lv 27:21, 23; treasures consecrated to treasury of tabern. or temple Jos 6:19 (E) 1 K 7:51 +; consecrated things in gen. Ex 28:38 (P); Ez 20:40; 22:8 +; these may be †קדשׁ (ה)קדשׁים Ez 44:13, so חֵרֶם Lv 27:28. e.g. Deuteronomy 12:26
- d. anointing oil of priest Ex 30:25(×2) + 5 times (P), ψ 89:21; incense Ex 30:35, 37, ק׳ קדשׁים v 36; shew-bread 1 S 21:5, קדשׁ (ה)ק׳ Lv 24:9 (P); foretold of common articles, ק׳ לי׳ Zc 14:20, 21. On ק׳ הקדשׁים v. also Di Ex 26:33; Lv 21:22 WeComp. 160 f. Dr Dn 9:24. e.g. Exodus 30:25
- 4. persons sacred by connex. with sacred places:
- a. priests Lv 21:6; 2 Ch 23:6; 31:18 Ezr 8:28, garments of priesthood Ex 28:2, 4 + 7 times Ex, Lv 16:4, 32 Ez 42:14, specif. of h. priest כתנת ק׳ Lv 16:4, נֵזֶר הק׳ Ex 29:6; 39:30 Lv 8:9; inscription on head piece קדשׁ ליהוה Ex 28:36; 39:30. e.g. Leviticus 21:6
- b. of Israel, קדשׁ לי׳ Je 2:3, היתה לקדשׁו ψ 114:2, עם (ה)קדשׁ Is 62:12; Dn 12:7, עם קדשׁך Is 63:18; (ה)קדשׁ זֶרַע Is 6:13; Ezr 9:2; אַנְשֵׁי קדשׁ Ex 22:30 (R), and so spoil for their use Is 23:18; holy adornment הַדְרַת ק׳ 1 Ch 16:29; 2 Ch 20:21 ψ 29:2; 96:9; הַדְרֵי ק׳ ψ 110:3 (but read הַרְרֵי see 2 e; הָדָר 1); covt. between God and his people ברית ק׳ Dn 11:28, 30(×2). e.g. Jeremiah 2:3
- 5. times consecrated to worship: שׁבת Ex 16:23; 31:14, 15; 35:2 (P) Ne 9:14; of שׁבת also יום ק׳ Is 58:13; disting. from שׁבת Ne 10:32; יובל Lv 25:12 (P); assembly called at stated times for worship מקרא(י) ק׳ Ex 12:16(×2) + 17 times Lv 23 Nu 28 (all P). e.g. Exodus 16:23
- 6. of things and persons ceremonially cleansed, and so separated as sacred; things 1 S 21:6; flesh Je 11:15; Mal 2:11; priests cleanse thus, 1 Ch 23:13, 28; בין (ה)קדשׁ לחל Ez 22:26; 42:20; 44:23; בין הק׳ ובין החל Lv 10:10; דֶּרֶךְ הק׳ Is 35:8 way of the clean; שְׂאוּ יְדֵכֶם ק׳ ψ 134:2; לְבֵיתְךָ נֵאֲוָה־קּ׳ ψ 93:5.— e.g. 1 Samuel 21:6
- מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ Dt 33:2 is lit. from myriads of sacredness, sacred myriads; but ‖ suggests n.pr.loc., 𝔊 σὺν μυριάσιν Καδής, מִמְּרִבַת קָדֵשׁ from Meribah Kadesh Di Buhl Steuern.; or (מִן om.) to M. Kadesh WeProl. 364; 3rd ed. 359; Hist. 344; v. קָדֵשׁ and Dr Dt. e.g. Deuteronomy 33:2
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
n.m. apartness, sacredness (opp. חֹל Lv 10:10 + 4 times Ez);—abs. ק׳ Ex 3:5 +; קוֹדֶשׁ Dn 11:30; cstr. קֹדֶשׁ Ex 30:36 +; sf. קָדְשִׁי Lv 20:3 +, etc.; pl. קָֽדָשִׁים Ex 29:37 +, הַקֳּדָשִׁים 26:33 +; cstr. קָדְשֵׁי Lv 22:15 +; sf. קָֽדָשַׁי Ez 22:8 + 3 times, קֳדָשֶׁיךָ †Dt 12:26, קֳדָשָׁיו Nu 5:10; 2 K 12:19, קָֽדָשָׁיו †2 Ch 15:18, etc.;—
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Derived from קדש (qâdash) (H6942) — to consecrate.
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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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 356 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 380 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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- Exodus 3:5
- Leviticus 2:3
- Numbers 3:28
- Deuteronomy 12:26
- Joshua 5:15
- 1 Samuel 21:4
- 1 Kings 6:16
- 2 Kings 12:4
- 1 Chronicles 6:49
- 2 Chronicles 3:8
- Ezra 2:63
- Psalms 2:6
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