to sanctify
Hagiazo denotes bringing people or things into a holy status, and in prayer treating God’s name as holy.
The attested use most often concerns people brought into a holy status, whether through cleansing, faith, truth, an offering, or God’s action. It also describes gold, gifts, food, vessels, and an offering in relation to holy or acceptable use, while prayer and exhortation apply it to God’s name and to honoring Christ in the heart.
Senses in use
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Bringing people into a holy status · dominant
Perfect passive participles identify groups already described this way in 1 Corinthians 1:2 and Acts 26:18; in the latter, the APB renders their place among those “sanctified by faith in me.” In 1 Corinthians 6:11 the aorist passive form stands with being washed and justified, while Hebrews 13:12 states that Jesus suffered in order to bring the people into this status through his own blood.
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Qualifying offerings and material things · common
In Matthew 23:17 and Matthew 23:19, active participial forms describe the temple in relation to gold and the altar in relation to a gift; the APB renders each as what “sanctifies” the item. Hebrews 9:13 speaks of blood and ashes acting for bodily cleanness, while 1 Timothy 4:5 says that something is rendered “sanctified” through God’s word and intercession.
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Treating God’s name or Christ as holy · occasional
The third-person aorist passive form occurs in requests concerning the Father’s name in Matthew 6:9 and Luke 11:2; the APB renders the former “hallowed be your name.” In 1 Peter 3:15, an active plural form addresses readers concerning the Lord Christ in their hearts, and Revelation 22:11 places the passive form in the command sequence concerning the holy person.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “sanctified” or “sanctify,” as in 1 Corinthians 6:11 and John 17:17, but also uses “made holy” in 1 Corinthians 7:14 and “hallowed” in Matthew 6:9. These renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.